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'September Song' draft page 3

Geoffrey Hill notebook cover
Introduction to the writing 'September Song' resource.
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'September Song' drafts 1, 'King Log Notebook IV'
First page of notes towards 'September Song'/
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'September Song' drafts 2
Second manuscript draft for 'September Song' by Geoffrey Hill.
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'September Song' drafts 3
Third manuscript draft for 'September Song' by Geoffrey Hill.
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'September Song' drafts 4
Fourth manuscript draft for 'September Song' by Geoffrey Hill.
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'September Song' drafts 5, 'King Log Notebook V'
Fifth draft for 'September Song' by Geoffrey Hill.
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'September Song' drafts 6
Sixth manuscript draft for 'September Song' by Geoffrey Hill.
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'September Song' draft 7
First page of notes towards 'September Song'/
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Hill returned to the poem nearly one year after his first drafts, in the next notebook in his collection.  

This shows the first page of notes from '[King Log] Notebook V 1966 - 67' (BC MS 20c Hill/2/1/6). 

Hill seems to have started work on the right-hand page of the notebook opening, before continuing on the left.