First line: The Combe was ever dark, ancient and dark.
Written in Steep.
Poem 14 in R. George Thomas, The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas (1978), p. 57.
Drafts:
(1) British Library (Add MSS. 44990)
(2) Typescript once owned by Julian Thomas (Thomas' brother), now in private hands
(3) From other source
First published in Edward Eastaway [Edward Thomas], Poems (1917).