Talk:Poems (Chesterton, 1915)/Lepanto

Different versions

Are there differing versions of this poem in print? I've followed my printed text exactly, but it varies very slightly from Ward's online version, for example using swat as the past tense of sweat. "Multiple of eye and wing" also makes more sense than "multiplex". However, if there are other versions around, perhaps somebody can clarify things.

It seems there are different versions. I looked in the Home Book of Modern Verse, 2nd edition, 7th printing (1966), edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson, published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. That version has "For the innmost sea...", "Multiplex" and "swat". Tom harrison 02:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I changed 'multiple' to 'multiplex', so it matches the version listed above, but I have no real preference. Tom harrison 02:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I've used a scan-backed source, the 1915 book. If other versions exist that are not under copyright, we should begin listing those at Lepanto (Chesterton). For now, that page redirects here. --EncycloPetey (talk) 17:42, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Date of publication

Both the WP article about this poem and the G. K. Chesterton article in Britannica online give the first publication date of this poem as 1911. However, they do not identify a place of publication nor any citation nor source for that date. The earliest I have found thus far is 1915. Can anyone track down data to answer this discrepancy? --EncycloPetey (talk) 17:42, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Ah, found it in Littell's Living Age, and will amend the header text. --EncycloPetey (talk) 18:37, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Typo: Asrael ends in capital "i" rather than desired lowercase "L"

Presumably an artifact from scanning? I have no idea how to fix, as the "Edit" button does not include the poem text. Wikinetman (talk) 09:59, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Done --Zyephyrus (talk) 12:39, 28 August 2021 (UTC)