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1. Ashley MS A1915, A1939, A1991, A4394, 4407, 5082, 5089, 5091, 5092, 5269

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1915, A1939, A1991, A4394, 4407, 5082, 5089, 5091, 5092, 5269
Title:
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems' by A. C. Swinburne. Autograph drafts and fair copies of poems included in A Channel Passage and Other Poems, 1904. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 164-165, 168-170, 178-179, 191, 196, 201-202, 206; vii, p. 54. Except where expressly stated, the MSS. are not dated, entitled or signed, and the poems were published for the first time in A Channel Passage and Other Poems, 1904, to which page references apply. As follows:―
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1875-1904]
Extent:
10 items

2. Ashley MS 5089

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5089
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Scope & Content:
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems'. 'Cromwell's Statue'; 1895. Fair copy, with one revision, written on one side only of a large folio leaf of blue wove paper. No watermark. The MS. is entitled 'Cromwell's Statue' in Swinburne's hand, and signed 'Algernon Charles Swinburne / June 20th, 1895'. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 item

3. Ashley MS 5092

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5092
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Scope & Content:
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems'. 'After the Verdict'; 1899. Fair copy, with revisions, written on one side only of a large quarto leaf of blue wove paper (f. 3). No watermark. The MS. is entitled 'After the Verdict' in another hand, but dated 'Sept. 99' by Swinburne. The final text found in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899
Extent:
1 item

4. Ashley MS 5091

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5091
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Scope & Content:
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems'. 'The Transvaal'; 1899. Fair copy, with one revision, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of blue wove paper. No watermark. The MS. is entitled 'The Transvaal. / Oct. 9th, 1899.' in Swinburne's hand, and signed at the end 'Algernon Charles Swinburne'. Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899
Extent:
1 item

5. Ashley MS 5269

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5269
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Scope & Content:
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems'. 'Russia: an Ode'; [1890]. Draft, written on both sides of two folio leaves of white wove paper. Watermark 'Hieratica / (a vegetable Parchment) J. S & Co.'. The MS. has been entitled 'Russia an Ode' in pencil by another hand. As follows: Part I, ll. 1-24,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1890]
Extent:
1 item

6. Ashley MS A4394

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A4394
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Scope & Content:
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems'. 'In Memory of Aurelio Saffi'; 1896. Fair copy, with revisions, written on one side only of a large quarto leaf of blue wove paper. No watermark. The MS. is entitled 'Saffi' in Swinburne's hand. The final text found in the fair copy is identical with that prin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1896
Extent:
1 item

7. Ashley MS A1991

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1991
Title:
Scope & Content:
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems'. 'At a Dog's Grave'; 1899 or earlier. Fair copy of parts I and II, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of white wove paper. Watermark '[Hier]atica / [(a vegetable] Parchment) / [J, S] & Co.'. The MS. is entitled 'A Dead Dog' in Swinburne's hand, and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899
Extent:
1 item

8. Ashley MS A1915

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1915
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Scope & Content:
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems'. 'A Word for the Navy'; [1879-1886]. Draft of Stanzas 3, 4, 10, 11, and 12, and of a discarded stanza, written on both sides of a folio leaf of blue laid paper. Watermark 'J. Allen & Sons / Superfine / 1879'. As follows: Stanzas 3, 4 and 10, in the order 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1879-1886]
Extent:
1 item

9. Ashley MS 5082

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5082
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Scope & Content:
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems'. 'The Question'; 1887. Draft, heavily revised, written on both sides of two folio leaves (ff. 4 and 5), and of a part folio leaf (255 x 203mm.) (f. 6), of blue laid paper, and on one side only of another (f. 7). Watermark J Allen & Sons / Superfine / 1879....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887
Extent:
1 item

10. Ashley MS 4407

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 4407
Title:
Scope & Content:
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems'. 'Burns: An Ode'; 1895. Fair copy, with revisions, written on one side only of five large quarto leaves of blue wove paper (ff. 3-7). No watermark. The MS. is entitled 'Burns' in Swinburne's hand, and signed at the end 'Algernon Charles Swinburne'. The third a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 item