Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:08:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Shored/spelt'


	yes yes I agree - it is the spell which the poet shaman casts that
allows him-her to shore the fragments. THe shore is what? Perhaps a
buddhist space of repentance....


On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Ingrid Markhardt wrote:

> yes, quite right.  I mangled both versions, and couldn't
> remember if it was 'spelt' or 'spelled'(am writing from a busy office, away from
> my books).  In any case, I think "spelt" is of
> interest, re writing, magic, poetry. . .
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> 		Ingrid
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> >	The actual published line shld. read:
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> >	'these fragments I have shored against my ruins'
> >		The first writing, which I have before me, in the
> >facsimile  edition, reads:
> >		'These fragments I have spelt into my ruins'
> >	Just over the words 'spelt into my ruins' Eliot has pencilled
> >	the line as quote above: 'shored against'
> >> The original version of this line was
> >>
> >>         upon these framents I have spelled my ruins
> >>
> >> --this is what I was playing with...
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> >>                                 --Ingrid
> >		Cd
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