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Title: Visions and Revisions
A Book of Literary Devotions

Author: John Cowper Powys

Release Date: October 16, 2008 [EBook #26933]

Language: English

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Produced by Ruth Hart

[Note: I have made the following spelling changes: intransigeant to
intransigent, rythm of the secret to rhythm of the secret,
accummulated to accumulated, potentious and solemn to portentious
and solemn, terrestial to terrestrial, Light-cormer to Light-comer,
Aldeboran to Aldebaran, enter competely to enter completely,
aplomb and nonchalence to aplomb and nonchalance, Hyppolytus to
Hippolytus, abyssmal to abysmal, appelations to appellations,
intellectual predominence to intellectual predominance, deilberately
outraging to deliberately outraging, pour vitrol to pour vitriol,
Gethsamene to Gethsemane, Sabacthani to Sabachthani, conscience-striken
to conscience-stricken, abssymal gulfs to abysmal gulfs,
rhymmic incantations to rhythmic incantations, perpetual insistance
to perpetual insistence, and water-cariers to water-carriers. Next, I
have also incorporated the errata listed at the end of the book into
the text. Finally, I have standardized all the poetry quotations with
indentation and spacing which were not in the original text.]

VISIONS AND REVISIONS

A BOOK OF LITERARY DEVOTIONS

BY

JOHN COWPER POWYS

_Ham._--Would not this, sir, and a forest of feathers--if the rest of
my fortunes turn Turk with me--with two Provincial roses on my ras'd
shoes, get me a fellowship in a cry of players, sir?
_Her_.--Half a share.

1915
G. ARNOLD SHAW
NEW YORK

Copyright, 1915, by G. Arnold Shaw
Copyright in Great Britain and Colonies

First Printing, February, 1915
Second Printing, March, 1915
Third Printing, October, 1915

BROOKLYN EAGLE PRESS

To Those who love
Without understanding;
To Those who understand
Without loving;
And to Those
Who, neither loving or understanding,
Are the Cause
Why Books are written.

CONTENTS

Prefac