| Description | Rough drafts of poems, mostly unpublished. If John Cowper Powys gives no title, the first line is quoted in double quotes.
Poem: Thorn Tree Growing in Waste' -4 sheets, 8 pp. Several drafts for poem with above title and E.E. Bissell's transcription
- Poem: 'To Olive Ella' - Olive is struck out and Ella substituted. 1 p, early, signed John Cowper Powys, and Bissell's transcription
- Poem: Titian! Transfixed on the rim of the world... -poor condition, on piece of scrap paper, and Bissell's transcription
- Poem: The Dream of Rhonabwy' - on side of one sheet, incomplete
- Poem: Come back and walk beside me here... -2 sides of folded notepaper edged in black, draft only
- Poem: Yr Wyddfa: The Tomb' -not in John Cowper's hand or Bissell's
- Poem: Southwick' -appears to be addressed to John Cowper's Sussex friend, de Kantzow. Red ink, 1 sheet of notepaper folded, writing on all 4 sides
- Poem: Noon. Wales.' -1 p, early hand, very brittle condition
- Poem: Jan 1900' -1 p, early hand, very brittle condition
- Poem: To Alfred de Kanzow' -1 p, early hand, signed J.C.P, very brittle condition
- Poem: The Wind and the Bird' -1 p, early hand, with rough drawing of an owl(?) at bottom, fragile condition, and Bissell's transcription
- Poem: The Wall. Wales' -1 p, early hand, fragile condition
- Poem: Written on Tuesday morning, April 30 - Oak Villa [Ph --?] Farm' -1 p, early hand
- Poem: To the Ash tree in front of my window, Jan 20, 1900' -1 p, early hand
- Poem: The Acolyte turned Drummer Boy' -1 p, early hand
- Poem: Suicide Rather Than Contemplation' -1 p, early hand
- Poem: Christmas, 1900' -1 p, early hand
- Poem: To the Ditchling Road' -1 p, early hand, fragile, piece out of paper, but legible, and Bissell's translation
- Poem: An Evening in July' -1 p, 2 sides, signed "J.C. Powys, Court House, near Lewes. Please return if refused"
- Poem: And what of thy familiar countenance -1 p, early hand, very fragile, torn but readable
- Poem: Jan 22 1900' -1 p, early hand, very fragile, and Bissell's transcription
- Poem: Brighton May 8th 1901 -1 p, early hand, fragile, and Bissell's transcription
- Poem: To Theodore, June 6, 1901' -1 p, early hand
- Poem: To Theodore, June 6, 1901' -1 p, early hand, as above, but slightly different punctuation
- Poem: The Storm and the April Morning' -1 p, early hand
- Poem: You Irish, you Irish... -draft of a poem written on ship stationary Cunard RMS Campania', 1 sheet, 2 sides;
- Poem: I think the deepest pleasures of my soul... - draft of a poem, 1 p, early hand;
- Poem: The undulating, flowing leafy sea... -draft of a poem, 1 p, 1 side;
- Poems (s): What stories these ancient houses tell... - 8 sheets, 13 pp, about Hamburg, difficult to tell if draft of one poem or several but paper and ink uniform;
- Poem: April 21st Early Morning' -1 p foolscap, draft of a poem;
- Poem: Let the heart that once has loved... - 1 p, torn in half;
- Poem: April 1901 To a young lady asking for verses extempore -1 p, early hand and additional 2 drafts of same poem;
- Poem: Jan 15th Hambury. To Meg' -1 sheet, both sides, early hand;
- Poem: Jan 14th - to Meg - a draft of previous poem listed but titled differently;
- Poem: We must have something to follow...' -1 p, early hand, fragile condition;
- Poem: Once more to thee I turn sick with the sight... -1 p, early hand;
- Poem: The night sweeps past on rustling wings... -1 p, early hand, appears to be only a draft of a poem;
- Poem: I met a shepherd on the lonely hills... - both sides of one foolscap sheet, draft only, many corrections;
- Poem: The Land of the Sun and the Sea' -2 drafts of above title and what appears to be a final version, signed JCP April 20, 1901;
- Poem: Bruton (1)' -3 foolscap sheets, last page badly torn but legible, [probably initials JCP];
- Poem: Bruton March 4 - 1900 (2)' -1 foolscap sheet, both sides, signed JC Powys. Different poem from Bruton (1), what appears to be a first draft in pencil on paper marked King's School, Bruton, Somerset, and Bissell's transcription;
- Poem: Song' -1 p, early hand;
- Poem: On London Bridge Looking towards the Tower - April 4th' -1 p, early hand, fragile condition;
- Poem: The Blackbird' -3pp A5, 6 sheets written on, early hand, paper-clip rust marks, paper brittle;
- Poem: To the Green Wood-Pecker' -dated April 24th 1903, one sheet of foolscap complete on 2 sides, fragile condition
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