64831: Letter: To Gordon Bottomley / In War
Encloses poem 'In War', describing that it is based on an experience of a fellow soldier / hopes that the copies of 'The Amulet' and 'Adam and Eve' sent through the mail have arrived without too much damage / mentions that 'Adam and Eve' is based on a poem by the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren / heard that G. Trevelyan is near to Gordon Bottomley / discusses an unspecified volume of the poet Francis Thompson's / describes potential professions for after the war. |
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Postmarked envelope included with letter.
Encloses poem 'In War', describing that it is based on an experience of a fellow soldier / hopes that the copies of 'The Amulet' and 'Adam and Eve' sent through the mail have arrived without too much damage / mentions that 'Adam and Eve' is based on a poem by the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren / heard that G. Trevelyan is near to Gordon Bottomley / discusses an unspecified volume of the poet Francis Thompson's / describes potential professions for after the war.
Pencil draft of poem written on the back of Y. M. C. A. paper. Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley describing that it is based on an experience of a fellow soldier / hopes that the copies of 'The Amulet' and 'Adam and Eve' sent through the mail have arrived without too much damage / mentions that 'Adam and Eve' is based on a poem by the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren / heard that G. Trevelyan is near to Gordon Bottomley / discusses an unspecified volume of the poet Francis Thompson's / describes potential professions for after the war.
Reverse of a pencil draft of poem written on Y. M. C. A. paper. Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley describing that it is based on an experience of a fellow soldier / hopes that the copies of 'The Amulet' and 'Adam and Eve' sent through the mail have arrived without too much damage / mentions that 'Adam and Eve' is based on a poem by the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren / heard that G. Trevelyan is near to Gordon Bottomley / discusses an unspecified volume of the poet Francis Thompson's / describes potential professions for after the war.