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1. Ashley MS 1840

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Ashley MS 1840
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Scope & Content:
Poems and Ballads. 'The Leper'; [1857-1860]. Draft, entitled 'A Vigil', written on writing paper of the Oxford Union Society, watermarked '1857'. Swinburne remained at Oxford in statu pupillari until June 1860. The draft, of eight stanzas, is evidently an early version of 'The Leper' (printed on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1857-1860]
Extent:
1 item

2. Ashley MS 1841

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Ashley MS 1841
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Poems and Ballads. 'The Two Dreams'; [1858?]. Quarto notebook, with ruled pages of white laid paper, unwatermarked, containing drafts, entitled 'The White Hind: from Boccaccio' (f. 1a), of two passages of the poem. 'The Two Dreams' is based on the Sixth Novella of the Fourth Day of Boccacio's De...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1858?]
Extent:
1 item

3. Ashley MS A1851

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Ashley MS A1851
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Poems and Ballads by A. C. Swinburne; [1860-1865]. 1. 'A Ballad of Life'; [1862-1863]. Early draft of stanzas 1 and 2, written on one side only of a folio leaf of white wove paper, without watermark. Stanza 1 was later discarded, but the text of stanza 2 is substantially the same as that printe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1860-1865
Extent:
1 item

4. Ashley MS B1861

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Ashley MS B1861
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'Dolores': a poem by A. C. Swinburne; [1865]. Early draft of lines 325-328, 365-368, 33-38, 41-48, and 19-24 in that order, written on one side only (f. 91a) of a quarto leaf of blue wove paper. No watermark. An early draft is described in Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, p. 71, where it is said to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1865]
Extent:
1 item

5. Ashley MS 1855

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Ashley MS 1855
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Scope & Content:
'Faustine' by A. C. Swinburne; [1862?]. Imaginary pen and ink portrait, possibly by Simeon Solomon, on an octavo leaf of white laid mourning paper, watermarked 'Joynson / 1862'. Also included, ff. 2-3b, is a letter, 17 July [1883], from Swinburne to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], thanking him for the gif...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1862?]
Extent:
1 item

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