BIB_ID
239562
Accession number
MA 5141.73
Creator
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.
Display Date
[1933-1967].
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2001.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
The poem is undated, however it is written from Heytesbury House which Sassoon lived in from 1933 until his death in 1967.
The poem is written on stationery embossed "Heytesbury House, / Wiltshire."
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of War Poetry related to World War I; see collection record (MA 5141) for more information.
The poem is written on stationery embossed "Heytesbury House, / Wiltshire."
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of War Poetry related to World War I; see collection record (MA 5141) for more information.
Provenance
Kenneth A. Lohf.
Summary
Being 3 drafts of a poem titled "Today"; two drafts consist of two 4-line stanzas while the third draft includes a 3rd 4-line stanza; on the verso of the draft with 3 stanzas there is a draft of an untitled poem that begins "My heart's desire no further his;" on the verso of one of the two-stanza drafts, is the manuscript for a poem he later titled "In Uniform" (MA 5141.70) but in this draft it has a first title which appears to be "Final" but it has been crossed through and retitled "Leave;" there is a single page with a draft of an untitled poem that appears to begin "Seas do not..." with the rest of the draft very difficult to decipher.
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