An early typescript poem composed as song lyrics by an 18-year-old Plath, to be sung at commencement by her class as they graduated from Wellesley High School on June 7, 1950, in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

The typed heading identifies “Words by S. Plath” and “Music by R. Blakesley” – Plath’s classmate Robert Blakesley. Plath was first in her class and one of twenty-three members of the National Honor Society, but despite her academic success she felt a tension with her childhood and upbringing. Docketed by Plath’s mother Aurelia, with whom she had a challenging relationship, on the verso: “Wellesley High Graduation Song (1950) by Sylvia,” and on the recto, “keep” – “Love Poems.”