| King's/PP/GLD contains: |
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Prose |
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Poetry - Published |
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Poetry - Unpublished |
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Plays |
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Correspondence |
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Biographica |
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E.M. Forster, R.E. Balfour, D. Proctor: biography and bibliography |
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The Papers of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
| Title |
Poetry - Published |
| Reference |
GLD/2 |
| Covering Dates |
1883–1916 |
| Extent and Medium |
paper |
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| Content and context |
This series contains GLD's published poems, most of which were sonnets. They were mostly published in Cambridge literary journals and as part of his autobiography. |
| Further information |
The Library holds manuscript and typescript copies of 'Day after day the rain falls + the wind blows', 'Wreck of the Titanic' (published version?), 'The thrushes in the garden sing', 'Do you name your hope?' and the published version of 'A Wild Rose and Other Poems'. |
| King's/PP/GLD/2 contains: |
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Poems from 'The Carthusian'. Transcript, by R. E. Balfour, of poems published in 'The Carthusian:' 'Doubt' - Feb. 1883, 'Ormusd' - April 1883, 'Cyrene' - June 1883. 1 double-sheet in envelope; paper. |
Feb. 1883-June 1883 |
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Poems published in 'The Cambridge Review'. Typescript transcripts of poems published in 'The Cambridge Review':. 'Comes there a voice to me...' - 14 Nov. 1884. 'A Remonstrance' - 30 April 1884. 'Pindar' - 7 May 1884. 'Diana' - 21 May 1884. 'To the student of Bohn' - 4 June 1884. 'Hesperus' - 11 June 1884. 'Cologne Cathedral' - 29 Oct. 1884. 'A plea for the socialists' - 21 Jan. 1885. 'Shelley' - 4 Mar. 1885. 'Vox Desperantis' - 1 Mar. 1885. 10 sheets in envelope; paper. |
14 Nov. 1884–1 Mar. 1885 |
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Poems published in 'The Spectator'. Typescript transcripts of poems published in 'The Spectator':. 'Carmen Mysticum' - 3 Dec. 1887. 'Hymn from the Prologue to 'Faust' ' - 13 Oct. 1888. 2 sheets in envelope; paper. |
3 Dec. 1887–13 Oct. 1888 |
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Poems published in 'Cambridge Fortnightly'. Typescript transcripts of poems published in 'Cambridge Fortnightly':. 'Tynemouth' - 21 Feb. 1888. 'Two stanzas omitted from sunrise' - 6 Mar. 1888. 'Across the waves I saw their purple die...' - 13 Mar. 1888. 3 sheets in envelope; paper. |
21 Feb. 1888–13 Mar. 1888 |
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Poems published in 'The Cambridge Magazine'. Off prints of 'De profundis', published in 'The Cambridge Magazine' no. 4, Dec. 1916 and a typescript transcript of 'PANTA KONIS' (transliterated from Greek), 25 May 1912. 3 items in envelope; paper. |
25 May 1912–4 Dec. 1916 |
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'Jacob's Ladder'. Autograph manuscript of 'Jacob's Ladder', 1885 or 1887, and privately printed copy of 'Jacob's Ladder', 1887. 29 sheets and 1 printed booklet in envelope; paper. |
1885–1887 |
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Autograph manuscript drafts of poems. Autograph manuscript drafts of poems, 1887-94, later published by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson in 'Poems' (1896), and Sir Dennis Proctor, editor of 'The Autobiography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson' (1973):. 1) 'O Athens, Athens...' (1887). Published as 'Dedication' in 'Poems' p.1 and in 'The Autobiography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson' p. 233. 2) 'If in this house of music where I spend...' (1895). Published untitled in 'Poems' pp.17-23 and in 'The Autobiography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson' pp.244-8. 3) 'I never asked for more than thou hast given...' (20 Nov. 1893). Number [Sonnet] II by Sir Dennis Proctor. 4) 'Not for thy presence only, though thine...' (3 Dec. 1893). Number [Sonnet] III (A) by Sir Dennis Proctor. 5) 'Therefore I love thee! Yet let 'therefore' end...' (3 Dec. 1893). Numbered [Sonnet] III (B) by Sir Dennis Proctor. 6) 'But no! saith one, for still the spirit hath...' (Mar. 1894). Numbered [Sonnet] III (C) by Sir Dennis Proctor. 7) 'My soul is knocking, hark and all in vain...' (no date). Numbered [Sonnet] IV by Sir Dennis Proctor. 8) 'Since thou didst cross the threshold and didst pass...' (Nov. 1893). Numbered [Sonnet] V by Sir Dennis Proctor. 9) 'Wilt thou not come, my love? Behold, I cry...' (Jan. 1894) and later draft of the same (31 Oct. 1897). Both drafts numbered [Sonnet] VI by Sir Dennis Proctor. 10) 'If you are sad I may not bring you solace...' (July 1894). Numbered [Sonnet] VII by Sir Dennis Proctor. 11) 'The thing that hath been is. Those heavenly lights...' (17 Dec. 1893). Numbered [Sonnet] VIII by Sir Dennis Proctor. 12) 'Dear, though the way be long, the country bare...' (11 Dec. 1893). Numbered [Sonnet] IX by Sir Dennis Proctor. 13) 'As I have seen the mimic flowers of frost...' (Jan. 1894). Numbered [Sonnet] X by Sir Dennis Proctor. 14) 'This is the birth of Christ, and if he be...' (Christmas 1893). Numbered [Sonnet] XI by Sir Dennis Proctor. 15) 'Now do the birds, though yet their woods are sere...' (Mar. 1894) Numbered [Sonnet] XII by Sir Dennis Proctor. 16) 'This is the house of Pan. The happy birds...' (April 1894). Numbered [Sonnet] XIII by Sir Dennis Proctor. 17) 'How do the waves along the level shore...' (April 1894). Numbered [Sonnet] XIV by Sir Dennis Proctor. 18) 'Weary and wet in this belated June,...' (June 1894). Annotated '2nd copy' by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, and numbered [Sonnet] XV by Sir Dennis Proctor. 19) 'Since it is so, my love, and I since I bear...' (May 1894). Numbered [Sonnet] XVI by Sir Dennis Proctor. . 20) 'I will not bid thee come, although the spring...' (April 1894). Numbered [Sonnet] XVII by Sir Dennis Proctor. 21) 'I do not bid thee come! Alas, but now...' (15 July 1894). Numbered [Sonnet] XVIII by Sir Dennis Proctor. 22) 'Once more, my love, a week of happy days...' (no date). Numbered [Sonnet] XIX by Sir Dennis Proctor. 23) 'Alas, my love, to think the very sun...' (July 1894). Numbered [Sonnet] XX by Sir Dennis Proctor. 24) 'This is the day of god. The clagourous air...' (no date). Numbered [Sonnet] XXI by Sir Dennis Proctor. 25) 'Thou knowest love, of love's immortal tree...' (Aug. 1894). Numbered [Sonnet] XXV by Sir Dennis Proctor. 26) 'Here where the dews of sorrow...' (no date). Published as 'Dedication' in 'Poems' p. 27 and in 'Autobiography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson' p. 249. Formerly catalogued as part of Misc. 20/25. 27) Later drafts of poems published as 'Sonnets 1 - XXV' in 'Poems' pp. 28-54 and in 'Autobiography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson' pp. 250-69. Sonnets numbered 1-26 (sic) by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, and last two numbered XXIV and XXV by Sir Dennis Proctor. Formerly catalogued as Misc. 20/24 and 20/25. 28) 'Epilogue' (no date). Published in 'Poems' p. 55 and in 'Autobiography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson' p.263. 29) 'My love saw the roses glow...' (July 1887). Published untitled in 'Poems' p. 58 and in 'Autobiography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson' p. 265. 30) 'How wide the sweep of happy fields...' (28 July, no year). Published untitled in 'Poems' p. 59 and in 'Autobiography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson' p. 265. 31) 'A month ago! At length the breeze...' (1 Aug. 1892). Published untitled in 'Poems' p. 60 and in 'Autobiography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson' p. 266. 32) 'Oh thou didst make the summer sweet...' (3 Aug., no year). Published untitled in 'Poems' p. 62 and in 'Autobiography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson' p. 266. 33) Contents list of first lines entitled 'Order of poems' with references to printed page numbers (of works already published?) and to manuscript drafts. List does not correspond to sequence or content of 'Poems'. (No date). All items previous catalogued as part of Misc. 20/24, unless otherwise stated. 67 sheets in envelope; paper. |
July 1887–31 Oct. 1897 |
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'Poems'. 'Poems' by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (London, 1896). 1 printed booklet in envelope; paper. |
1896 |
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