Could anyone please help me to find the complete text of this EE Cummings' poem?

Question

Its name is W.H.W. Jr and starts as follows:

"Speak to me, friend! Or is the world so wide
That souls may easily forget their speech,
And the strong love that binds us each to each ..."

I've already checked on the web with no positive results.

Thanks in advance!

Its name is W.H.W. Jr and starts as follows:

"Speak to me, friend! Or is the world so wide
That souls may easily forget their speech,
And the strong love that binds us each to each ..."

I've already checked on the web with no positive results. I found a small reference in the following page: http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,,1460662,00.html.

The remar published says: "A sonnet Cummings wrote that year, celebrating their friendship, is titled "W.H.W., Jr.," and bears the dedication "In Memory of 'A House of Pomegranates'," a reference to Wilde's prose poem that Thayer had shared with Cummings".

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Are you sure this is e.e.cummings' poem? http://www.poemhunter.com/ee-cummings/poems/poet-6588/page-8/ lists all 151 poems of cummings. Your poem is not listed.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I found this entry at the website below. Maybe if you contact the library, they might still have a copy of the June, 1916 Harvard Monthly or they might be able to copy this manuscript.

This entry is in section VI A: Single poems:

(502) Speak to me, friend! - or is the world so wide TS.(with A.MS. revisions); 1s.(1p.) Publ. The Harvard monthly, June 1916; varies slightly from printed version.


Good Luck.