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WILFRED OWEN (1893-1918) AND EDMUND BLUNDEN (1896-1974)
A 1p. unpublished five stanza poem signed by Blunden, dedicated to 'David Greenlaw his friend', entitled 'To Wilfred Owen (Killed in Action Nov. 4th 1918)': 'Where does your spirit walk, kind soldier now In this deep winter, bright with eager guns ...'; and a copy of Blunden's 'Poems 1914-30', (Cobden-Sanderson, 1930), with an autograph inscription on front blank, entitled 'A Moral Reflection': 'Edification, and advice to youth Gastronomy, and other serious lore, My topic are; but being out of reach Of Merton College Statutes, I defer This banquet of the spirit till next time. David, be ware of Proctors and the Fiend.' (2)
A 1p. unpublished five stanza poem signed by Blunden, dedicated to 'David Greenlaw his friend', entitled 'To Wilfred Owen (Killed in Action Nov. 4th 1918)': 'Where does your spirit walk, kind soldier now In this deep winter, bright with eager guns ...'; and a copy of Blunden's 'Poems 1914-30', (Cobden-Sanderson, 1930), with an autograph inscription on front blank, entitled 'A Moral Reflection': 'Edification, and advice to youth Gastronomy, and other serious lore, My topic are; but being out of reach Of Merton College Statutes, I defer This banquet of the spirit till next time. David, be ware of Proctors and the Fiend.' (2)