IV.B.15 [X.K.1]: Occasional Verses

Unidentified Verse (Probably 1921)

Material Description and Collation

The manuscript is a loose sheet of rolled off-white, 8, rue Dupuytren, Shakespeare and Company stationery, watermarked “NAVARRE”. It is a typewritten single-spaced blue ribbon top (original) copy, presumably typed by Beach.

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Measurements

The sheet measures approximately 26.9 x 20.8 cm.

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Contents

The manuscript is an unknown four-line verse by Joyce.

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Dating

The typist dated the manuscript “pars 24 May” and the pre-printed stationery date line is also filled in as “1921 (?)” in lead pencil.

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Other Markings

“W I L L I A M S H A K E S P E A R E” was typed below the poem, though the last three letters were typed over one another. Beach wrote on the sheet in lead pencil below the poem: “JJ wrote this in bookshop | while waiting?” and also “1921 (?)” in lead pencil in the lower right corner.

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Publication

The manuscript has not been reproduced nor published, though the first line is quoted in Spielberg, p. 226.

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Notes

The sheet was folded twice horizontally and once vertically.