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LETTER108

CHARLESLAMBTOS.T.COLERIDGE

[Nodate.May，1803.]

Marysendslovefromhome.

DR.C.，—IdoconfessthatIhavenotsentyourbooksasIoughttobe[have]done;butyouknowhowthehumanfreewillistethered，andthatweperformpromisestoourselvesnobetterthantoourfriends.Awatchiseforyou.Doyouwantitsoon，orshallIwaittillsomeonetravelsyourway?You，likeme，Isuppose，reckonthelapseoftimefromthewastethereof，asboysletacockruntowaste:tooidletostopit，andratheramusedwithseeingitdribble.Yourpoemshavebegunprinting;Longmansenttometoarrangethem，theoldandthenewtogether.ItseemsyouhaveleftittohiSoIclassedthem，asnearlyasIcould，accordingtodates.First，aftertheDedication，（whichmustmarchfirst）andwhichIhavetransplantedfrombeforethePreface（whichstoodlikeadeadwallofprosebetween）tobethefirstpoem—thenes"ThePixies，"andthethingsmostjuvenile—thenon"ToChatterton，"&c.—on，lastly，tothe"OdeontheDepartingYear，"and"Musings，"—whichfinish.LongmanwantedtheOdefirst;butthearrangementIhavemadeispreciselythatmarkedoutinthededication，followingtheorderoftime.ItoldLongmanIwassurethatyouwouldomitagoodportionofthefirstedition.Iinstancedinseveralsonnets，&c.—butthatwasnothisplan，and，asyouhavedonenothinginit，allIcoulddowastoarrangeemonthesuppositionthatallweretoberetained.AfewIpositivelyrejected;suchasthatof"TheThimble，"andthatof"FlickerandFlickerswife，"andthatnotinthemannerofSpenser，whichyouyourselfhadstigmatised—andthe"ManofRoss，"—IdoubtwhetherIshouldthislast.Itisnottoolatetosaveit.Thefirstproofisonlyjuste.IhavebeenforcedtocallthatCupidsElixir"Kisses."ItstandsinyourfirstvolumeasanEffusion，sothat，insteadofprefixingTheKisstothatof"OneKiss，dearMaid，"&c.，Ihaveventuredtoentitleit"ToSara."Iamawareofthenicetyofchangingevensomereatrifleasatitletososhortapiece，andsubvertingoldassociations;buttwocalled"Kisses"wouldhavebeenabsolutelyludicrous，and"Effusion"isnoname;andthesepoemseclosetogether.Ipromiseyounottoalteronewordinanypoemwhatever，buttotakeyourlasttext，wheretwoare.Canyousendanywishesaboutthebook?Longman，Ithink，shouldhavesettledwithyou.ButitseemsyouhaveleftittohiWriteassoonasyoupossiblycan;for，withoutmakingmyselfresponsible，IfeelmyselfinsomesortaccessorytotheselectionwhichIamtoproof-correct.ButIdecidedlysaidtoBiggsthatIwassureyouwouldomitmore.ThoseIhavepositivelyrubbedoffIcansweartoindividually，（exceptthe"ManofRoss，"whichistoofamiliarinPope，）butnoothers—youhaveyourcue.Formypart，IhadratheralltheJuveniliawerekept—memoriescausa.

RobLloydhaswrittenmeamasterlyletter，containingacharacterofhisfather;—see，howdifferentfromCharlesheviewstheoldman!Literatim"Myfathersmokes，repeatsHomerinGreek，andVirgil，andislearning，whenfrombusiness，withallthevigourofayoungmanItalian.Heisreallyawonderfulman.Hemixespublicandprivatebusiness，theintricaciesofdiscordinglifewithhisreligionanddevotion.Noonemorerationallyenjoystheromanticscenesofnature，andthechit-chatandlittlevagariesofhischildren;and，thoughsurroundedwithanoceanofaffairs，theveryneatnessofhismostobscurecupboardinthehousepassesnotunnoticed.Ineverknewanyoneviewwithsuchclearness，norsowellsatisfiedwiththingsastheyare，andmakesuchallowanceforthingswhichmustappearperfectSyriactohi"BythelasthemeanstheLloydismsoftheyoungerbranches.HisportraitofCharles（exactasfarashehashadopportunitiesofnotinghim）ismostexquisite."Charlesisbeesteadyasachurch，andasstraightforwardasaRomanroad.Itwoulddistracthimtomentionanythingthatwasnotasplainassense;heseemstohaverunthewholesceneryoflife，ANDNOWRESTSASTHEFORMALPRECISIANOFNON-EXISTENCE."HereisgeniusIthink，andtisseldomayoungman，aLloyd，looksatafather（sodiffering）withsuchgoodnaturewhileheisalive.Write—

Iaminpost-haste，C.LAMB.

Love，&c.，toSara，P.，andH.

[ThedateisusuallygivenasMarch20，butisMay20;certainlyafter

Coleridgesvisittotown（seeprecedingletter）.

Poems，byS.T.Coleridge，thirdedition，wasnowinpreparationbyLongman&Rees.Lambsawthevolumethroughthepress.The1797secondeditionwasfollowed，exceptthatLloydsandLambscontributionswereomitted，togetherwiththefollowingpoemsbyColeridge:"TotheRev.W.J.H.，""SonnettoKoskiusko，""WrittenafteraWalk"（whichLambinaccuratelycalled"FlickerandFlickersWife"），"FromaYoungLady"（"TheSilverThimble"），"OntheChristeningofaFriendsChild，""IntroductorySonnettoLloydsPoemsontheDeathofPriscillaFarmer.""TheManofRoss"（whomPopealsocelebratesintheMoralEssays，III.，lines250-290）wasretained，andalsothe"LinesintheMannerofSpenser."Thepiecerechristened"Kisses"hadbeencalled"TheCompositionofaKiss."Biggswastheprinter.Seealsothenextletter.

OfRobertLloydsfatherwehearmorelater.]

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