The Lock-Keeper

Manuscript in black ink in Ivor Gurney's hand. Numerous versions of the poem exists in notebooks and letters. This version was included in P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004). A shorter draft of the poem appears in 'War's Embers' (1919) with the inscription 'To the memory of Edward Thomas'.

此手稿为艾弗·格尼（Ivor Gurney）以黑墨水亲笔书写而成。该诗歌存在多个版本，留存于笔记本与书信当中。本版本被收录于P.J.卡瓦纳（P.J. Kavanagh）编纂的《艾弗·格尼：诗歌全集》（Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems）2004年版中。该诗歌的精简初稿见于1919年出版的《战争余烬》（War's Embers），卷首题有“纪念爱德华·托马斯”字样。