The Swifts

Scope and Content

First line: How at once should I know.

Written in 'hospital, Hare Hall'.

Poem 133 in R. George Thomas, The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas (1978), p. 353.

Drafts:

(1) Bodleian (MS.Don.d.28)

(2) Manuscript poem given by Eleanor Farjeon to Rowland L. Watson

First published in Edward Eastaway [Edward Thomas], Poems (1917).

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See R. George Thomas, The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas (1978), p.352 for variant drafts.