I.iv.8. Typescript drafts of poems for inclusion in 'Winter Seeds' ,

[n.d.]

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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Summary:Includes a draft title, acknowledgements and dedication page, and drafts of the poems 'Hawthorns', 'Sometimes', 'Idyll', 'Intimidation', 'Tinder', 'Nocturne', 'Dream of the Trenches' (colllected as 'Veteran's Dream'), 'Dawn', 'Home' (collected as Section II of 'Summer Home'), 'The Smell' (collected as Section I of 'Summer Home'), 'As We Roved Out' (collected as 'Augury'), 'Wedding Day', 'Mother of the Groom', 'Limbo', 'Bye-Child', 'Shore Woman' , 'Maighdean Mara', 'A Winter's Tale', 'A Gift of Rain', 'The Last Mummer', 'Spell', 'Fireside', 'Good-Night', 'May', 'First Calf', 'Serenades', 'Their Brother', 'Navvy', 'Frogman' and 'Westering'.
In collection: Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Format: Manuscript
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Notes:'Winter Seeds' is an early or working title for the collection of poems that was published as 'Wintering Out' in 1972.

Taken from a file originally as marked by Heaney as 'Wintering Out'.

File includes poems that were published in the 'Listener', 'The Guardian' and 'The Malahat Review' from 1968.

Department of Manuscripts, National Library of Ireland. There are additional Seamus Heaney manuscripts held in the Department of Manuscripts (MS 41,932/1-3). This consists of manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem 'Sweeney Astray', with additional notes on early Irish poetry;

Physical description: 39 pages.

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Arrangement:Sub-fonds