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