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LETTER46

CHARLESLAMBTOROBERTSOUTHEY

Oct.31st,1799.

DearSouthey,—Ihavebutjustgotyourletter,beingreturnedfromHerts,whereIhavepassedafewred-letterdayswithmuchpleasure.Iwoulddescribethecountytoyou,asyouhavedonebyDevonshire,butalas!Iamapoorpenatthatsame.Icouldtellyouofanoldhousewithatapestrybed-room,the"judgmentofSolomon"posingonepannel,and"Act?onspyingDiananaked"theother.Icouldtellofanoldmarblehall,withHogarthsprintsandtheRomanCaesarsinmarblehunground.Icouldtellofawilderness,andofavillagechurch,andwherethebonesofmyhonouredgrandamlie;buttherearefeelingswhichrefusetobetranslated,sulkyaborigines,whichwillnotbenaturalisedinanothersoil.Ofthisnatureareoldfamilyfacesandscenesofinfancy.

Ihavegivenyouraddress,andthebooksyouwant,totheArches;theywillsendthemassoonastheycangetthem,buttheydonotseemquitefamiliarto[?with]theirnames.IhaveseenGebor!GeboraptlysodenominatedfromGeborish,quasiGibberish.ButGeborhathsomelucidintervals.IrememberdarklyonebeautifulsimileveiledinuncouthphrasesabouttheyoungestdaughteroftheArk.Ishallhavenothingtomunicate,Ifear,totheAnthology.Youshallhavesomefragmentsofmyplay,ifyoudesirethem,butIthinkIwouldratherprintitwhole.Haveyouseenit,orshallIlendyouacopy?Iwantyouropinionofit.

Imustgettobusiness,sofarewell.MykindremembrancestoEdith.

C.LAMB.

[LambhadprobablybeenstayingatWidford.ManyyearslaterhedescribedhisHertfordshiredaysinmorethanoneessay(seetheEliaessays"MackeryEnd"and"BlakesmoorinH——-shire"and"Dream-Children").Theoldhousewas,ofcourse,Blakesware.Thewilderness,whichlayatthebackofthehouse,is,withWidford,mentionedinRosamundGray.

TheArcheswerethebrothersArch,thebooksellersofLudgateHill.

GeborstandsforGebir,Landorspoem,publishedin1798.Thesimileinquestionwouldbethis:fromBookVII.,lines248-251:—

Neversoeager,whentheworldwaswaves,

Stoodthelessdaughteroftheark,andtried

(Innocentthistemptation)torecall

Withfoldedvestandcastingarmthedove.

ThereferencetoSoutheysAnthologyistoVol.II.,theninpreparation.Theplaywasnowfinished:itcirculatedinmanuscriptbeforebeingpublishedin1802.

InalettertoRobertLloyd,datedDecember17,1799,Lambthankshimforapresentofporter,addingthatwinemakeshimhot,andbrandydrunk,butporterwarmswithoutintoxication.

HereshouldeanunpublishedletterfromLambtoCharlesLloydatCambridge,askingforthereturnofhisplay.Kemble,hesays,hadofferedtoputitinthehandsoftheproprietorofDruryLane,andthereforeLambwishestohaveasecondcopyinthehouse.Kemble,asitturnedout,returnednoanswerforayear,andthenhestatedthathehadlostthecopy.

LambmentionsColeridgessettlementwithhisfamilyinlodgingsintheAdelphi.Coleridge,havingreturnedfromGermanyandundertakenworkfortheMorningPost,tooklodgingsat21BuckinghamStreet,Strand,closetotheAdelphi,inNovember,1799.

TheletterisinterestingincontainingthefirstmentionofManning,whomwearenowtomeet.]

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