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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Level [40] File

821. Ashley MS A1918

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Ashley MS A1918
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'An Epitaph of the Past' and 'An Epitaph of the Future': two epitaphs, one for General Gordon, the other a satirical epitaph for W. E. Gladstone, by A. C. Swinburne; [1887?]. Autograph fair copies, both written on the same side of a part folio leaf of blue laid paper, 122 x 191mm. No watermark. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1887?]
Extent:
1 item

822. Ashley MS A1919

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Ashley MS A1919
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Roundel beginning 'For a Light Love's Sake if a Man be Stricken' by A. C. Swinburne; [after 1877?]. Autograph fair copy, written on both sides of an octavo leaf of cream laid mourning paper. Watermark '[ ] & Sons / [ ] Fine'. The MS. is signed at the end 'A. C. Swinburne'. The hand and the u...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[after 1877?]
Extent:
1 item

823. Ashley MS A1920

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Ashley MS A1920
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Four Lines of Verse by A. C. Swinburne; n.d. Autograph fair copy, written on one side only of a scrap of pale grey wove paper, 89 x 111mm. The lines, 'Which is most worthy the rod That justice wields when she can, Man, the creator of God, Or God, the creature of man?' are alleged by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

824. Ashley MS A1921

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Ashley MS A1921
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'Locrine': a verse tragedy by A. C. Swinburne. includes: f. 118 Poetry ENGLISH: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Verse tragedy, 'Locrine', stanzas 7-9 of the Dedication by Algernon Charles Swinburne: 1887: Autogr. fair copy.f. 119 Poetry ENGLISH: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Verse tr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

825. Ashley MS A1922

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Ashley MS A1922
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'Love and Sleep': a poem of sixteen lines by A. C. Swinburne; [1871?]. Autograph draft, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of white laid paper. Watermark '[ ]e Note / [ ] & Co'. The title has been added by a later hand. The poem was first printed, as 'Love and Sleep II', in Posthumou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1871?]
Extent:
1 item

826. Ashley MS A1923

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Ashley MS A1923
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'Poems and Ballads Third Series'. 'A Rhyme'; [1887?]. Fair copy of stanzas 1-3, written on one side only of a scrap of blue laid paper, 151 x 105mm. No watermark. The text found in the MS. is identical with that printed on p. 85 of the first edition. The fair copy is entitled 'A Rhyme'. These th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1887?]
Extent:
1 item

827. Ashley MS A1924

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Ashley MS A1924
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Letter, with envelope, from A. C. Swinburne to James Knowles; 8 March 1888. Printed in C. Y. Lang, Swinburne Letters, v, 1962, pp. 226-227. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 174. includes: ff. 122-124 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Sir James Thomas Knowles, KCVO; Editor of the 'Nineteenth ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1888
Extent:
1 item

828. Ashley MS A1925

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Ashley MS A1925
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'Astrophel and Other Poems'. 'The Ballad of Dead Men's Bay'; [1879-1889]. Draft of stanzas 16-22, written on one side only of a part folio leaf of blue laid paper (265 x 210mm.). Watermark J Allen & Sons / Superfine / 1879. The stanzas are written in two columns, the lines being parallel wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1879-1889]
Extent:
1 item

829. Ashley MS A1926

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Ashley MS A1926
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'Poems and Ballads Third Series' by A. C. Swinburne; [1885?-1889]. 1. 'To a Seamew'; 1886. Early draft of stanzas 4-8, l. 1, and 13-15, written on one side only of one folio leaf of blue laid paper (f. 126) and on both sides of another (f. 127). No watermark. Stanzas 4-8, l. 1, are on f. 126a, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884-1889
Extent:
1 item

830. Ashley MS A1927

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1927
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Letter from W. Madge, of the Globe newspaper, to W. T. Watts [-Dunton], enclosing a cheque for fifty guineas, being payment for the serial rights of A. C. Swinburne's ballad 'The Brothers'; 8 Nov. 1889. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 176. includes: f. 136 W. Madge, of 'The Globe': Walter T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1889
Extent:
1 item