"Syrinx" Manuscripts

Select an image to view and enlarge text. The manuscripts are in the order Merrill placed them in before sending to Special Collections, Washington University. 

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1) "A 21.vi. The springtime <dawn> is a Meissen bowl." Ink, pencil, draft paper.

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2) A 22.vi. "And I think of when I love." Ink, pencil, draft paper.

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3) "9vii.69. The Summer day." Ink, pencil, bond paper.

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4) "10 vii.69. A bowl of Meissen birds and flowers." Pencil, draft paper.

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4) "10 vii.69. A bowl of Meissen birds and flowers." Pencil, draft paper.

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6) "Birds, bugs, flowers birds." Ink, pencil, bond paper.

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7) "22.vii. <bugs> flowers, birds on slipware." Pencil, draft paper.

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7 Verso) "29.viii. That letter y standing for you." Pencil, draft paper.

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8) "Wearing the green." Pencil, draft paper.

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9) "<NEWS> Bugs, flowers, birds on china." Pencil, bond paper.

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9 Verso) "1.ix.69" In Xian weeds illiterate." Pencil, ink, bond paper.

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10) "10.vii. Everywhere one sees, worn paths." Pencil, draft paper.

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11) "UNDER CANCER. Bugs, flowers." Pencil, bond paper.

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12) "UNDER CANCER. swift phoebe." Pencil, bond paper.

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13) UNDER CANCER. Do re mi, facile antidote." Pencil, ink, bond paper.

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14) "UNDER CANCER. toccatas springtly from the fingertips." Pencil, bond paper.

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15) UNDER CANCER. THE MUSIC LESSON." Pencil, ink, bond paper.

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16) SYRINX. Bug, flower." Pencil, bond paper.

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