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LETTER 3（第2页）

The4thEpistleisthattoJosephCottle，Coleridgespublisherandthe

authorofthe"MonodyonHenderson，"referredtoinColeridgesverses.

ThelineswhichLamb"esareCottles.ThepoembySaraColeridgeis

"TheSilverThimble."Thepassageinthe"ReligiousMusings，"forwhich

Lambisthankfulasa"childoffancy，"isthelastparagraph:—

ContemplantSpirits!yethathoveroer

Withuntiredgazetheimmeasurablefount

EbullientwithcreativeDeity!

Andyeofplasticpower，thatinterfused

Rollthroughthegrosserandmaterialmass

Inorganisingsurge!HoliesofGod!

（AndwhatifMonadsoftheinfinitemind?）

Ihaplyjourneyingmyimmortalcourse

Shallsometimejoinyourmysticchoir!

Tillthen

Idisciplinemyyoungnoviciatethought

Inministeriesofheart-stirringsong，

AndayeonMeditationsheaven-wardwing

SoaringaloftIbreathetheempyrealair

OfLove，omnific，omnipresentLove，

Whoseday-springrisesgloriousinmysoul

AsthegreatSun，whenhehisinfluence

Shedsonthefrost-boundwaters—Thegladstream

Flowstotherayandwarblesasitflows.

"YoucametoTown…"SoonafterhisengagementwithSaraFricker，hisheartbeingstillnotwhollyhealedofitspassionforMaryEvans，ColeridgehadgonetoLondonfromBristol，nominallytoarrangeforthepublicationofhisFallofRobespierre，andhadresumedintercoursewithLambandotheroldChristsHospitalfriends.ThereheremaineduntilSoutheyforciblytookhimbackinJanuary，1795.FromwhatLambsaysofthelossoftwofriendswemustsuppose，indefaultofotherinformation，thathehadtogiveuphisAnnaatthesametime.Thelossofreason，however，towhichherefersdidnoteuntiltheendoftheyear1795.

The19thEffusion，afterwardscalled"OnaDiscoveryMadeTooLate;"the28th，"TheKiss;"the29th，"ImitatedfromOssian."

"Yourmonody."This，nottobeconfoundedwithCottles"MonodyonHenderson，"wasColeridges"MonodyonChatterton."Lambsemendationswerenotaccepted.Asregards"TheManofRoss，"thecoupletbeginning"Friendtothefriendless"ultimatelyhadaplacebothinthatpoemandintheMonody，butthecouplet"andoerthedowriedvirgin"wasneverreplacedineither.Thelinesonspring，page28，are"LinestoaBeautifulSpring."Dr.Forster（Faustus）wastheheroofthenurseryrhyme，whosescholarsdancedoutofEnglandintoFranceandSpainandbackagain.TheepitaphonaninfantwasinTheWatchman，No.IX.（seenoteonpage62）.Thepoem"Edmund"iscalled"LinesonaFriendwhodiedofafrenzyfeverinducedbycalumniousreports."Thelinesin"Absence"arethoseinthesecondstanzaofthepoeTheyrunthus:—

AhfairDelights!thatoermysoul

OnMemoryswing，likeshadowsfly!

AhFlowers!whichJoyfromEdenstole

WhileInnocencestoodsmilingby!—

Butcease，fondHeart!thisbootlessmoan:

ThoseHoursonrapidPinionsflown

Shallyetreturn，byABSENCEcrowned，

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