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Ashley MS 5275
- Record Id:
- 040-001978924
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001448.0x0003b3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 5275
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'Astrophel and Other Poems'. 'England: An Ode'; before May 1893. Draft, heavily revised, 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 'England' in pencil by another hand.
As follows: Part I, f. 1a; part II, stanzas 1-6, f. 1b inverted; part II, stanza 7, and part III, stanzas 1-5, f. 2a; part III, stanzas 6 and 7, f. 2b. Part I, stanzas 5, 6, and 7 have been numbered by Swinburne. Above part I, stanza 4, he has written in pencil '?5', above 5 '?6', and above 6 '?4'. He has also numbered part II, stanzas 1-6. At the foot of 1b is an autograph pencil note '2) Trochaics 3) Anapaests (heptameter)'. The final text found in the draft differs by ten words from that printed on pp. 102-109 of the first edition. The poem was first published in the United Service Magazine for May 1893.
Folio; ff. iii+2.
Poetry ENGLISH: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Poem, 'England: An Ode', by Algernon Charles Swinburne: bef. May 1893: Autogr. draft.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
036-001978906
040-001978924 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS 1861, A1903, A1925, A1932, A4399, 4403,4404,5084-5086, 5088, 5268*, 5270, 5272-5275 : 'Astrophel and Other Poems' by A. C.…
Ashley MS 5275 : 'Astrophel and Other Poems'. 'England: An Ode'; before May 1893. Draft, heavily revised, written on both sides of… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[0394]/036-001978906[0016]/040-001978924
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Ashley MS A17-5768
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1893
- End Date:
- 1893
- Date Range:
- before May 1893
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles, poet, 1837-1909