MODERN LITERARY MSS. Vol. IV. Shakespeare Quartercentenary Poems; circa 1958-1964. Autograph typewritten drafts and fair copies, mostly of poems commissioned for and published in 15 Poems for William Shakespeare, ed. E. W. White, 1964. The poem by Ch... c 1958-1964
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