1. Add MS 45100
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 45100
- Title:
- 'AFTER', by Joseph Rudyard Kipling, 16 July 1897: a draft of the poem first printed in The Times on the following day under the title 'Recessional' and differing from the printed version twice in the last verse (viz. the third line reads 'All piteous dust that builds on dust' and the last line, 'Thy mercy on Thy people, Lord', readopted in the printed version, has here been deleted in favour of 'Thy mercy and forgiveness, Lord'). Autograph. Beneath the poem, in Kipling's hand is the note (fo...
- Scope & Content:
- Poetry ENGLISH: R. Kipling: poems: 1891-circ. 1916.: Autogr. Joseph Rudyard Kipling, author: Poem, 'After' ('Recessional'): 1897.: Autogr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16 Jul 1897
- Extent:
- 1 item