THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

[22nd August 1943]

Dear Gerald

Thank you very much for your letter – in face of it I have reluctantly said that I cannot take the chair at the meeting.
How about the enclosed? Better?
The Revelry is Bruce Richmonds inspiration  – Acte burning is adapted from Shelley (Hellas)¹ 
Yrs

RVW

Do you approve of ‘allies’

1. Text cropped by photocopier along here; the original letter does not survive.