It was upon [Sonnet 5]

Scope and Content

First line: It was upon a July evening.

Written at Hare Hall Camp, Gidea Park, Romford.

Poem 125 in R. George Thomas, The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas (1978), p. 337.

Drafts:

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

(2) Blue notebook in the Thomas family's possession

(3) 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.336 for variant drafts.