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1. Ashley MS 1895, A1896, A1977, A1982, A4433, 5071, 5266, 5267

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1895, A1896, A1977, A1982, A4433, 5071, 5266, 5267
Title:
'Poems and Ballads Second Series' by A. C. Swinburne. Autograph drafts and a fair copy of poems included in Poems and Ballads Second Series, 1878. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 47, 138-141; vii, pp. 32-33, 35, 47. Except where expressly stated, the MSS. are not dated, entitled or signed, and the poems were published for the first time in Poems and Ballads Second Series, 1878, to which page references apply.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1861-1878]
Extent:
8 items

2. Ashley MS 5071

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5071
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Poems and Ballads Second Series'. 'The Complaint of the Fair Armouress' a translation from the French of Villon by A. C. Swinburne, 1861-[1863?]. Draft, entitled 'La Belle Heaulmyère', and written on one side only of three folio leaves of white laid paper, all three watermarked 'T&FH / 1861...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1861-[1863?]
Extent:
1 item

3. Ashley MS 5267

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5267
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Scope & Content:
'Poems and Ballads Second Series'. 'Ex Voto'; [1877?]. Draft, heavily revised, written on one side only of three folio leaves, the first (f. 1) of white wove paper, the other two of blue laid paper, watermarked 'E Towgood/1874'. The two blue leaves form a single sheet, and ff. 2a and 3b were use...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1877?]
Extent:
1 item

4. Ashley MS 5266

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5266
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Scope & Content:
'Poems and Ballads Second Series'. 'Inferiae'; 1877. Draft, written on one side only of a folio leaf of blue laid paper, watermarked 'E Towgood/1874'. The draft is entitled 'Inferiae', dated 'March 5th 1877', and signed 'ACS.'. The final text is identical with that printed on pp. 108-109 of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877
Extent:
1 item

5. Ashley MS A1977

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1977
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Poems and Ballads Second Series'. 'Nocturne'; [1871?]. Draft of the whole poem except the envoi, more heavily revised towards the end, and written on both sides of an octavo leaf of white laid paper. No watermark. The final text in the draft differs from that printed on pp. 227-229 of the first...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1871?]
Extent:
1 item

6. Ashley MS A1982

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1982
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Poems and Ballads Second Series'. 'In the Bay'; [May 1877?]. Draft of stanza XXVI, ll. 3-6, written on one side only of a fragment of white wove paper, 70 x 255mm. No watermark. The final text differs from that printed on p. 20 of the first edition in having 'also' for 'likewise', 'look on' for...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[May 1877?]
Extent:
1 item

7. Ashley MS A1896

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1896
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Scope & Content:
'Poems and Ballads Second Series'. 1. 'The Last Oracle'; [1875-1876]. Early draft of ll. 85-96, written on one side only of a folio leaf of white wove paper. No watermark. The final text differs by only three words from that printed on p. 6 of the first edition. There are also two discarded li...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1867-1877
Extent:
1 item

8. Ashley MS A4433

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A4433
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Poems and Ballads Second Series'. 'Translations from the French of Villon'; [1861-1863?], 1876. In a letter to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], dated 8 Feb. 1876, Swinburne says: 'In the last three days I have translated five whole ballads from Villon, and a bit of his text, preserving the order and numbe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1861-1876
Extent:
1 item

9. Ashley MS 1895

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 1895
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Poems and Ballads Second Series'. 'Dedication'; [1878]. Draft of stanzas 1-3, written in blue ink on one side only of one of two leaves of octavo mourning paper, formed by folding a quarto sheet of white laid paper. Watermark 'J Allen & Sons / Super Fine'. The revisions made in the draft ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1878]
Extent:
1 item