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What's the name of my love : autograph poem, 1879 May 19.

BIB_ID
286819
Accession number
MA 3988.4
Creator
Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom), 1854-1932.
Display Date
1879 May 19.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Elizabeth de Cuevas, 1984.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of manuscript poems, letters and photographs of W.G. Collingwood, which consists of a fair copy of a proposed book of poems (MA 3988.1), 12 additional manuscript poems (MA 3988.2-8), two letters (MA 3988.9-10), and two photographs (MA 3988.11-12). See individual records for detailed description.
Summary
Poem begins "What's the name of my love? / Who's the one that I love? / (Drink till the sky-larks sing!) / If you knew her / Would you toast her, / Shout till the roof-tree ring!" Draft of the poem copied into "Studies in Verse, Part 1" (MA 3988.1, p. 25).