Record Number: 29117
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The tent flaps were laced over, the rain had ceased, the guns were silent and Jimmy Harding lay motionless. I ate slowly and dully, staring at my candle. I took my Palgrave from the valise head; it opened at "Barbara" and I read quite coldly and critically until I came to the lines
In vain, in vain, in vain
You will never come again.
There droops upon the dreary hills a mournful fringe
of rain
then with a great gulp I knocked my candle out and buried my face in the valise.'
1900-1945
Date:19 Aug 1917
Country:Belgium
Timeevening
Place:city: Ypres
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:n/a
Date of Birth:30 Nov 1897
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Army, later RAF, officer
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Belgium
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:"Barbara"
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn Francis Turner Palgrave, ed., "The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language."
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29117
Source:Edward Campion Vaughan
Editor:n/a
Title:Some Desperate Glory: The Diary of a Young Officer
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:n/a
Page:213
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Edward Campion Vaughan, Some Desperate Glory: The Diary of a Young Officer, (London, 1994), p. 213, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29117, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
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