The Manuscripts
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1) "THE SAWFISH. What did the sawfish see--" "At the Aquarium: for Brian." Ink.
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1 Verso) Page from Dorothy J. Farnan, Auden in Love (1984).
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2) "10. ii. 89. <toothy, prehistoric> Before today, what did the sawfish see--" Ink.
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2 Verso) Page from Dorothy J. Farnan, Auden in Love (1984).
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3) "The sawfish ...Saw what? His own snout's dull toothed blade. Bloodless & flat like Oscar Wilde's" Ink. Half-sheet.
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3 Verso) The meeting described resembles the meeting of Maria Mitsotaki and W. H. Auden in "Mirabell: Book 2" in The Changing Light at Sandover.
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4) "At the Aquarium." "for Brian from James KW 9. ii. 89." Ink. Note card.
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5) "Before today, what did the sawfish see —". Ink. Note sheet.
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6) "KEY WEST AQUARIUM: THE SAWFISH."
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7) "Now can I speak for him? / Probably not." Ink, pencil.
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8) "Now if I speak for him, / A fellow shut in." Ink.
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9) "KEY WEST AQUARIUM: THE SAWFISH." Final six lines taped over original lines.
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10) "KEY WEST AQUARIUM: THE SAWFISH."
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10 Verso) "Lips
th[ ], far from reflecting, kissed and told."
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11) "THE PYROXENES." "Lips that without reflection kissed and told."
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11 Verso) "From behind his pane's far side / glassed-over also." Ink, pencil.
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12) "Now if I speak for him / (Through lips, reflected, that once kissed & told." Ink, pencil.
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13) "I whose white hair, lips that once kissed and told. 11-12. ii. 89. 13. ii. 89."
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14) "Reflection's captive? lips that <once> kissed and told." Ink.
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15) "Key west Aquarium: the Sawfish."
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16) "AT THE AQUARIUM The Sawfish." "For Brian from James Key west 9. ii. 89." Ink. Note card.
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16 Verso) Quatrain by R[ichard] Wilbur. Thank you note for gift of Valentine money. Ink. Note card.
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17) "UNLOVELY FAUNA." Key West. Ink.
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18) Duplicate of Ms. 17.
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19) UNLOVELY FAUNA
CRAPTURES. Key West. Ink.
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20) "KEY WEST AQUARUM." Ink.
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21) "KEY WEST AQUARIUM. <FAUNA>. Ink, pencil.
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21 Verso) THE PYROXENES. Pencil.
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22) "He sees you--and a sunbeam fills."
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23) Duplicate of Ms. 22.
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24) "KEY WEST FAUNA." Pencil.
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25) "UNLOVELY FAUNA. Key West."
"<Unwelcome>."
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26) "He sees you –Now if I speak for him." Ink, pencil.
"Key West Aquarium: The Sawfish" Manuscripts