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Tranche / Volume 2 of Roma Wilson’s unpublished poetry: File 1, circa 1925- circa 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Wilson 3/3/1

Scope and Contents

32 typescript poems, in a numbered sequence as below. Many have handwritten corrections and amendments. All are initialled in pencil ‘R.W’, a couple are dated. There are indications of some editing by LMW [Leslie Muir Wilson, brother of Roma]. Titles as follows:
1) Prester John
2) A Cat in a Garden Wishes for a Gentle Touch of God’s Hand
3) A Merry, Merry Christmas
4) At the Door
5) Mrs Tabitha Tortoiseshell
6) A Ballad
6a) To Miss Farjeon
6b) Regrets
7) The March Hare in three fits. Fit I, Fit II, Fit III
8) The Seven Deadly Duties
9) Better Cheer (LMW suggested title)
10) A Mood (Edited a bit by LMW)
11) A Corsetier?
12a) The Bottom Brake: Fox ‘unt
12) Autumn
13) The Fog in Summer
14) When We Went Forth From England
15) God’s Birthplace
17) The Girl
18) The Path Down to the Sea
19) The Little Ballad of Mr B
20) Walter
21) Adio
22) November Day ??
23) We wait for lunch outside an Italian inn
24a) Edward
24) Les deux Epoux
24b) I wish--- (1925)
24c) To Bubbish (May 2 1926)
25) One from Paradise [edited by LMW]
26) Le Beau Chansonnier
27) A Dream: Confession of Poverty to St Francis [2 versions – the second is annotated in pencil ‘trial’ Jan. 1945].
Note: for item 16) see GCPP Wilson 3/3/2 below.
































Dates

  • Creation: circa 1925- circa 1945

Creator

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by a family member, January 2023.

Originator(s)

Wilson, Roma

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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