BIB_ID
239568
Accession number
MA 5141.79
Creator
Sorley, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1915.
Display Date
[1915 July 12].
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2001.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 22.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with postmarks and censor's stamp and addressed in pencil to "John Bain Esq / c/o The Bursar / The College / Marlborough / Wilts / England;" the address has been crossed through and to the left, in ink, "The Close / A. David's R.So. / S. Wales."
In pencil.
Place of writing from postmark; the date of writing from published version cited below.
The postmark date for the Field Post Office is 14 July 1915.
The stanza breaks in the published versions vary widely.
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.
In pencil.
Place of writing from postmark; the date of writing from published version cited below.
The postmark date for the Field Post Office is 14 July 1915.
The stanza breaks in the published versions vary widely.
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 a poem of 127 lines with reference to The Odyssey and to his College at Marlborough, of which John Bain was a Master.
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