I.iv.10. Manuscript and typescript drafts of poems for inclusion in 'Winter Seeds',
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| Summary: | Includes a draft title and dedication page and drafts of the poems 'Museum Pieces for Michael S. Harper', 'Hawthorns', 'Sometimes', 'High Street, Belfast, 1786' (collected as 'Linen Town'), 'Idyll', 'Intimidation', 'The Tollund Man', 'Midnight', 'Tinder', 'Nocturne', 'Dream of the Trenches' (collected 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', 'Icon', 'Serenades', 'Their Brother', 'Navvy', 'Frogman', 'Westering', 'Roots', 'Waves', 'The Smell', 'Home', 'Bathing', 'Spile' and 'Aubade' (five poems collected as Sections I, II, III and IV of 'Summer Home') and 'Impetigo'. |
| 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 marked as 'Wintering Out' by Heaney. 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: 59 pages; 2 folders. more |
| Arrangement: | Sub-fonds |
