First March

Manuscript in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand. The version is confused, particularly line 16, and another typescript exists correcting this version. However, the draft shown here was included in P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004). From a pink mottled hard-cover exercise book. The inside front cover is inscribed 'Music to Miss C. Rogers...Poetry to Professor Saintsbury / Bath'. The inside back cover is inscribed 'Instead of a home / I require death'.

此为伊沃·格尼（Ivor Gurney）以钢笔亲笔书写的手稿。该文本版本存在讹误，尤以第16行为甚，另有一份打字稿可对该版本进行校勘。不过本次展示的这份草稿已被收录于P.J.卡瓦纳（P.J. Kavanagh）编纂的《伊沃·格尼诗集全集》（2004年版）中。该手稿出自一本带有粉色斑驳装帧的硬皮练习簿，其内前扉页题有：‘致C·罗杰斯小姐的乐曲……致圣斯布里教授的诗歌 / 巴斯’，内后扉页则题有：‘无家可归 / 唯求一死’。