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The Field-Postcard

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THE FIELD-POSTCARD by ROBERT GRAVES Back in '15, when life was harsh And blood was hourly shed, I reassured Sir Edward Marsh So far I was not dead. My field-postcard duly arrived, It seems, at Gray's Inn Square Where Eddie, glad I still survived, Ruffled his thinning hair... A full half century out of sight It lay securely hid Till Francis Edwards with delight Sold it for thirty quid. But who retained the copyright, The invaluable copyright? In common law *I* did.
Title
The Field-Postcard
Author
Graves, Robert (1895-1985)
Item date
(1995, 1997, 1999)
Content
Poem
Copyright
The Robert Graves Copyright Trust
Digital repository
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Repository name
ProQuest
Repository address URL
http://literature.proquest.com/
First line
Back in '15, when life was harsh
Publication source
Robert Graves Complete Poems: Volumes 1 - 3
Publication editor
Graves, Beryl and Ward, Dunstan
Publishers
Carcanet
Publication place
Manchester

Citation

“The Field-Postcard,” by Graves, Robert (1895-1985). The Robert Graves Copyright Trust via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 18, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/3439.

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