MS 684 01 01 03
MS 684 01 01 03
Thomas Hardy collection: Autograph manuscript of 'He Fears His Good-Fortune'
Item
[1913-1916?]
1 manuscript
Autograph manuscript of "He Fears His Good-Fortune", drafted in black ink with copious autograph revisions. It is inscribed "First rough Draft" at top. 1 page, 4to with pinholes.
The poem was first printed in Moments of Vision (1917), the only other recorded manuscript of it being that in the manuscript of this collection in Magdalene College, Cambridge.
In navy cloth slipcase with two other autograph manuscripts: 'Gallant's Song' and 'The Forsaking of the Nest'.
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