The Archive · 1938

Prepossessing A Prize Mutilation

To the Editor of the "Nortu-Cutwa Dalny NEWS"

Sm,—Compositors have sinned grievously, since ages unremembered. but nothing beats the mutilation of the following lines in Shelley's New National Anthem".

She is thine own pure soul Moulding which appeared in a first proof as follows:

She is fine our e foal Holding the mighty mole To shave the Queen It did not however deter the gri poet from pursuing his career and we therefore trust Hester will not deny us the pleasure of reading her verse again.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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