A Glastonbury romance (1955)
John Cowper Powys
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Somerset | Somerset Studies | B 823 POW |
Record Number
GRN0339086
Publication Details
RCN
GRN0339086
Format
Hardback
Height
18.5cm
Number of pages
xix, 1120p
Note
The author's father was vicar of Montacute, Somerset for 32 years.
The author was a descendant of the poet William Cowper.
First line:
At the striking of noon on a certain fifth of March, there occurred within a causal radius of Brandon railway station and yet beyond the deepest pools of emptiness between the uttermost stellar systems one of those infinitesimal ripples in the creative silence of the First Cause which always occur when an exceptional stir of heightened consciousness agitates any living organism in this astronomical universe.
The author was a descendant of the poet William Cowper.
First line:
At the striking of noon on a certain fifth of March, there occurred within a causal radius of Brandon railway station and yet beyond the deepest pools of emptiness between the uttermost stellar systems one of those infinitesimal ripples in the creative silence of the First Cause which always occur when an exceptional stir of heightened consciousness agitates any living organism in this astronomical universe.
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