cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6w1l.2
title: The Patchwork Flag

description: Index included in the Typescript of 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6yos.2
title: Prelude: The Troops

description: Manuscript of poem in blue ink with corrections in black ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. Included in a notebook containing manuscript drafts and clippings of various poems later published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918), some with notes in Sassoon's hand explaining additional places of publication.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian7t7.1
title: Daughters of War

description: Typescript incorporating changes shown in item IR/1/274, but excluding three lines from that draft (20-22). The one typing correction was probably done by Gordon Bottomley. On the reverse is written 'C'. No complete manuscript of 'Daughters of War' has been located.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian81o7.2
title: The Dream

description: Page proof of poem with corrections in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's and Edward Marsh's hands. Published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian84eq.2
title: Pozieres Memorial and Cemetery

description: Graves.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian86uy.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Discusses Siegfried Sassoon's poems and 'anti-war complex' / having met an old bomber of Sassoon's who asked at length about him / meeting with Nancy Nicholson and friends' opinion of her / writing a children's book with Nicholson / letter from John Masefield / reviews of 'Fairies and Fusiliers'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian897a.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Discusses being removed from the register for Gibraltar duty, but likelihood of being posted to Egypt / rumors about the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers having been selected to quell a mutiny amongst Dominion soldiers near Etaples / Siegfried Sassoon's mental health and his opinion on the war / discusses Sassoon's concerns over how Robert Graves has characterised Sassoon's objections to the war / desire for a statement of definite war aims / the state of the battalion in France / recent death of fellow officers and men / Edmund Gosse's article mentioning Graves and Sassoon in the 'Edinburgh Review' / the dedication to 'Georgian Poetry' / visit to Rhyl in Wales.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8aff.1
title: The Unicorn: Verse 2 (l.1-72)

description: Typescript of a partial draft containing lines 1-72 of the second version of the verse play.  Isaac Rosenberg abandoned work on 'The Amulet' in July of 1917, and used many lines of the former verse play for 'The Unicorn'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8rq9.2
title: Pozieres Memorial and Cemetery

description: Inscription on left wall of Memorial of the names of the missing, with details of Royal Scots Greys and 3rd Hussars.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8vw5.2
title: Menin Gate

description: Arched doorway.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand5mc.2
title: Canadian Memorial

description: Statue of Weeping Spirit of Canada (detail).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand5p8.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Wishes that Siegfried Sassoon could have attended Robert Graves' wedding to Nancy Nicholson / being productive in Wales / Alec Waugh as an admirer of Sassoon's and having a volume of poetry upcoming / Sassoon's likelihood of being sent back to the line / Graves' intention to pursue a posting to Ireland / Graves' opinion that Sassoon would be much better in Palestine / having introduced Wilfred Owen to Edward Marsh and to Scott Moncrieff after reading a poem of the former's in 'The Nation'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandavy.2
title: Probable site of Wilfred Owen's dugout

description: Mentioned in his letter of 16th January 1917, inspiring the poem 'The Sentry'. At Serre Road.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandd9r.2
title: Pozieres Memorial and Cemetery

description: Memorial and entrance gate.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandiqr.2
title: April

description: The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'April' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandmiq.2
title: Prelude: The Troops

description: Manuscript of poem in blue ink with corrections in black ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. Included in a notebook containing manuscript drafts and clippings of various poems later published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918), some with notes in Sassoon's hand explaining additional places of publication.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandq42.1
title: Dead Man's Dump

description: Fourth Typescript on pink paper, title in pencil with pencil alterations, with some questions as to punctuation changes in lines 20 and 21. The pages are numbered in ink by Annie Rosenberg. In the four canceled lines 'grain' has been corrected to 'green' by Isaac Rosenberg. He was transferred to the 40th Division Works Battalion in January 1917, meaning that part of his responsibility was taking wire up to the line at night.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandz9e.2
title: Menin Gate

description: Inscription of names of missing including 'McRae J. A.'
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianiwn.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Discusses Siegfried Sassoon's poems and 'anti-war complex' / having met an old bomber of Sassoon's who asked at length about him / meeting with Nancy Nicholson and friends' opinion of her / writing a children's book with Nicholson / letter from John Masefield / reviews of 'Fairies and Fusiliers'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj292.2
title: Pozieres Memorial and Cemetery

description: View of left wall from exterior.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj7kf.2
title: Tyne Cot British Military Cemetery

description: Cemetery register.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj9ix.2
title: Counter-Attack

description: Manuscript of poem in blue ink with corrections in pencil in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. Included in a notebook containing manuscript drafts and clippings of various poems later published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918), some with notes in Sassoon's hand explaining additional places of publication.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjb4e.1
title: Daughters of War

description: From a hand-made presentation copy of a draft of the poem 'Daughters of War'. inscribed by Isaac Rosenberg, 'For Gordon Bottomley / Isaac Rosenberg. / May 1917. / France'. The cover is cut from the soft cardboard cover of a note pad. Pages numbered in pencil and stitched with thick white thread. No complete manuscript of 'Daughters of War' has been located.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjguc.2
title: Menin Gate

description: Inscription of names of missing, Punjabi and Sikh regiments.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjlgw.2
title: Notes to 'The Patchwork Flag'

description: Manuscript of notes to Robert Graves' Typescript of 'The Patchwork Flag', containing 38 examples or war and children's verse.  Compiled with wife Nancy Nicholson, and not published after Graves received criticism from both Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjlmn.2
title: Cloth Hall

description: View of exterior.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianr8je.2
title: The Rear-Guard

description: Clipping of poem from 'The Hydra'. Siegfried Sassoon notes on the facing page that the poem had been published in 'The Hydra', the journal edited by Sassoon at the Craiglockhart War Hospital, as well as in 'The Muse in Arms'. Included in a notebook containing manuscript drafts and clippings of various poems later published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918), some with notes in Sassoon's hand explaining additional places of publication.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianulp.1
title: The Unicorn

description: Pencil drafts the first version of the verse play, with 12 additional lines. On half-sheets of paper which are muddy and creased, and in places illegible. Showing fronts and backs of creased and ripped pages, often nearly illegible. Isaac Rosenberg abandoned work on 'The Amulet' in July of 1917, and used many lines of the former verse play for 'The Unicorn'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianvps.2
title: St Martin's Cathedral

description: View of exterior.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianz68.2
title: Pozieres Memorial and Cemetery

description: View from Memorial of graves to left.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian21an.2
title: Serre Road Cemetery

description: Central aisle
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian23pb.2
title: Cloth Hall

description: View from Menin Gate.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2454.2
title: St George's Memorial Church

description: Regimental memorial plaques.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian29up.2
title: Sedge-Warblers

description: The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Sedge-Warblers' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2hki.2
title: The Patchwork Flag

description: Title page of the Typescript of 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2opi.1
title: The Unicorn

description: Pencil draft of the second version of the verse play, containg 'Tel's Song'. On a page torn from a receipt book numbered 899. Isaac Rosenberg abandoned work on 'The Amulet' in July of 1917, and used many lines of the former verse play for 'The Unicorn'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2wen.2
title: Loving Henry

description: Part of a Typescript of 'The Patchwork Flag', which included 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian3r6.2
title: St Quentin Canal tunnel

description: Interior of tunnel, near northern entrance.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian62vd.2
title: St George's Memorial Church

description: Battle honours for 'Queens Westminster Rifles'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian683j.1
title: The Unicorn (lines 73, 104 - 105)

description: Pencil draft of the second version of the verse play containing line 73 followed by reordered lines, lines 104-105. On a page torn from exercise book. Isaac Rosenberg abandoned work on 'The Amulet' in July of 1917, and used many lines of the former verse play for 'The Unicorn
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian68eh.2
title: Note on 'Wirers'

description: Note in black ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand explaining that the poem 'Wirers' had been published in 'The Hydra', the journal edited by Sassoon at the Craiglockhart War Hospital, on 29th September 1917'. Included in a notebook containing manuscript drafts and clippings of various poems later published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918), some with notes in Sassoon's hand explaining additional places of publication.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6kb.2
title: The Patchwork Flag

description: Index included in the Typescript of 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6l5f.2
title: Sedge-Warblers

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Sedge Warblers' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6nbo.1
title: The Unicorn

description: Pencil draft of the second version of the verse play, containing unused lines. On a half sheet of paper torn from an excercise book which is muddy, creased, torn, and almost illegible. Isaac Rosenberg abandoned work on 'The Amulet' in July of 1917, and used many lines of the former verse play for 'The Unicorn'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6u9y.2
title: Dicky

description: Part of a Typescript of 'The Patchwork Flag', which included 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6uk6.2
title: Main Square, Ypres

description: View of square.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian835p.2
title: Serre Road Cemetery

description: Graves.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian855a.2
title: July

description: The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'July' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems. At the top of the page are the last lines to 'Glory'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8c19.2
title: Notes to 'The Patchwork Flag'

description: Manuscript of notes to Robert Graves' Typescript of 'The Patchwork Flag', containing 38 poems or war and children's verse.  Compiled with wife Nancy Nicholson, and not published after Graves received criticism from both Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8dvj.2
title: St George's Memorial Church

description: Memorial to Sir John French.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8e3h.1
title: The Unicorn (lines 1 - 72)

description: Typescript of a partial draft containing lines 1-72 of the second version of the verse play. Isaac Rosenberg abandoned work on 'The Amulet' in July of 1917, and used many lines of the former verse play for 'The Unicorn'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8eey.2
title: After Rain

description: The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'After Rain' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8l95.2
title: Ballad of Nursery Rhyme

description: Part of a Typescript of 'The Patchwork Flag', which included 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8lk1.2
title: St George's Memorial Church

description: Inscription, 'To the glory of God and in memory of Ypres this stone was laid by Field Marshal Lord Plumer on the 24th July 1927'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8mzi.2
title: Machine-gun fortification, St Quentin Canal tunnel

description: Near northern entrance to tunnel.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8sbl.1
title: The Unicorn

description: Pencil draft of the second version of the verse play, containing line 118 followed by reodered lines, lines 147-148 and unused lines. On a page torn from an exercise book. Isaac Rosenberg abandoned work on 'The Amulet' in July of 1917, and used many lines of the former verse play for 'The Unicorn'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8tqo.2
title: Menin Road

description: Menin Road, looking west, towards Ypres.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian95z.2
title: St George's Memorial Church

description: View of exterior.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiancec.2
title: Letter to S. S. from Bryn-y-pin

description: This poem is referred to and included in part in Robert Graves' letter to Siegfried Sassoon of 16th July 1918, charging him with not 'writing deeply'.  Part of a Typescript of 'The Patchwork Flag', which included 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandbc5.2
title: Entrance to St Quentin Canal tunnel

description: Northern entrance.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandkrw.1
title: The Unicorn (lines 138, 176)

description: Pencil draft of the second version of the verse play, containing lines 138 and 176  followed by reordered lines. On an incomplete sheet of blue paper which is torn and muddy, and in some places illegible. The page is numbered '12'. Isaac Rosenberg abandoned work on 'The Amulet' in July of 1917, and used many lines of the former verse play for 'The Unicorn'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandnk6.1
title: The Unicorn (complete typescript)

description: Part of the complete Typescript of the second version of the verse play with numbered pages, containing lines 1-15. Numbered '1', on a page torn from ledger. Isaac Rosenberg abandoned work on 'The Amulet' in July of 1917, and used many lines of the former verse play for 'The Unicorn'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandyjv.2
title: Menin Gate

description: Buglers from Ypres Fire Brigade playing the Last Post.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandzs6.2
title: The Patchwork Flag

description: Foreword written as a poem included in the Typescript of 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjfrv.1
title: The Unicorn

description: Pencil draft of the second version of the verse play, containing stage directions following line 204 and line 205 followed by reordered lines. The reverse contains line 4 of 'Tel's Song' and other reordered line. On a sheet of blue incomplete paper, numbered '15'. Isaac Rosenberg abandoned work on 'The Amulet' in July of 1917, and used many lines of the former verse play for 'The Unicorn'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjgs8.2
title: Letter to S. S. from Bryn-y-pin

description: This poem is referred to and included in part in Robert Graves' letter to Siegfried Sassoon of 16th July 1918, charging him with not 'writing deeply'.  Part of a Typescript of 'The Patchwork Flag', which included 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjmvh.2
title: Pozieres Memorial and Cemetery

description: Memorial and entrance gate.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjpcy.2
title: Destroyed German fortification by Riqueval Farm Bridge

description: Exterior.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjzq2.2
title: April

description: The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'April' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianmun.2
title: The Chalk Pit

description: The manuscript is untitled but entitled 'The Chalk Pit' in Edward Thomas Selected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiann73.2
title: Melancholy

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Melancholy' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianrac.2
title: Poppies

description: Serre Road, near the Somme.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianre5z.2
title: Serre Road Cemetery

description: Entrance.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianypb.1
title: The Unicorn

description: Pencil draft of second version of the verse play, containg lines 23-25 followed by stage directions. On a page torn from an exercise book. Isaac Rosenberg abandoned work on 'The Amulet' in July of 1917, and used many lines of the former verse play for 'The Unicorn'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian24qg.2
title: Ballad of Nursery Rhyme

description: Part of a Typescript of 'The Patchwork Flag', which included 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian25b9.2
title: Menin Road

description: Hellfire Corner.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ftb.2
title: The Effect

description: Manuscript of poem in ink with numerous corrections in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. Included in a notebook containing manuscript drafts and clippings of various poems later published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918), some with notes in Sassoon's hand explaining additional places of publication.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2is3.2
title: Western Front Association Memorial on Riqueval Farm Bridge

description: View of plaque.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2pjg.1
title: Letter: To Mrs. Hacha Rosenberg.

description: Autographed letter in pencil to his mother from Private Isaac Rosenberg 22311, 11th KORL, c/o 229 Field Company, Royal Engineers, BEF. Discusses the post / poetry / the weather / request for pencils.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian66ya.2
title: Riqueval Farm Bridge

description: View across bridge from west bank.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian67qk.2
title: Menin Road

description: Menin Road, looking east, away from Ypres.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian67va.2
title: Night March

description: This poem was first drafted in the autumn of 1917, and was cited by Siegfried Sassoon in a letter to Edward Marsh on 22 December 1917 as Robert Graves' 'most sustained effort'.  Part of a Typescript of 'The Patchwork Flag', which included 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian69z9.2
title: Riqueval Farm Bridge

description: View from west bank.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6j6r.2
title: The Picture Book

description: Part of a Typescript of 'The Patchwork Flag', which included 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6kqr.1
title: Letter: To Sydney Schiff.

description: Autographed letter in pencil from Private Isaac Rosenberg, 22311, A Company, 3rd Platoon, 11th KORL, BEF. Thanks for papers, discusses life in the trenches / Gordon Bottomley.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6tpl.2
title: Note on 'How To Die'

description: Note in black ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand explaining that the poem 'How To Die' had been published in 'The Cambridge Magazine' on 6th October 1917. Included in a notebook containing manuscript drafts and clippings of various poems later published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918), some with notes in Sassoon's hand explaining additional places of publication.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6z3h.2
title: Menin Gate

description: Top of Menin Gate, viewed from Menin Road.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6zey.1
title: The Unicorn (complete draft)

description: Pencil draft of a complete copy of the second version of the verse play. Numbered '1', on a page torn from a receipt book numbered '1254'. Isaac Rosenberg abandoned work on 'The Amulet' in July of 1917, and used many lines of the former verse play for 'The Unicorn'
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian82yu.2
title: Riqueval Farm Bridge

description: View from west bank.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian87dg.2
title: Two poppies

description: Near northern entrance to St Quentin Canal tunnel.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian886k.2
title: Neglectful Edward

description: Part of a Typescript of 'The Patchwork Flag', which included 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8hqk.1
title: Letter: To David Rosenberg.

description: Autographed letter in pencil to David Rosenberg from Private Isaac Rosenberg, 22311, 6th Platoon, B Company, 1st KORL, BEF. Discusses difficulties of writing / subjects for poems.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8ie5.1
title: Letter: To Sydney Schiff.

description: Autographed letter in ink, discussing poetry / enlistment. Written from 87 Dempsey Street, Stepney E, inscribed in Sydney Schiff's hand 'Ansd. June 11.15'.