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LETTER 17（第2页）

Andsaid，itwasablessedlittleplace!

Andwewereblessed!"

MonthlyMagazine.

"OnceIsaw

（HallowinghisSabbath-daybyquietness）

AwealthysonofCommercesaunterby，

Bristowascitizen.Methoughtitcalmd

Histhirstofidlegold，andmadehimmuse

Withwiserfeelings:forhepausd，andlookd

Withapleasdsadness，andgazdallaround，

Theneydourcottage，andgazdroundagain，

Andsighdandsaid，itwasablessedplace.

Andwewereblessed."

Poems，1797.

ItwillbeobservedthatColeridgein1797insertedsomelineswhichwerenotinthemagazine.TheywereprobablyrestoredfromaMS.copyLambhadpreviouslyseen，andifColeridgedidnotcancelallthatLambwiselycounselled，hecertainlydrewthestingofthe"affrontingsimplicity"byremovingtheword"little."TheicalambiguityoftheBristolmansexclamationasfirstreportedcouldhardlyhavefailedtodriveLambsdullcareawayforamomentortwo.

[In]"thenextpoemtoyourfriend，"…[Lambis]speakingof

Coleridgeslines"ToCharlesLloyd"—thosebeginning

"Amount，notwearisomeandbareandsteep."

Inthe"forthingedition"thepoetimprovedalittlethebarelytoleratedline，makingitread，—

"Asneighbringfountainsimage，eachthewhole，"

butdidnottakeLambshinttoomitthefivewhichclosedthepoeLamb，however，gothisway—perhapstookit—whentheverseswerereprintedin1803，inthevolumehesawthroughthepressforColeridge.

"Neithershallyouomitthe2followingpoems.Thehourwhenweshallmeetagainis[only?]afinefancy，tistrue，butfancycateringintheserviceofthefeeling—fetchingfromherstoresmostsplendidbanquetstosatisfyher.Donot，donot，omitit."

SowroteLambofthesesomewhatslenderverses，buthisfriendhadposedthem"duringillnessandinabsence，"andLambinhisownheart-sicknessandlonelinessdetectedtherealitywhichunderlaytheconventionalityofexpression.Thecriticslept，andevenwhenhewasawakeagainin1803wasfaintoletthelinesbereprintedwithonlytheconcessionoftheirworstcouplet:—

"Whilefinely-flushingfloatherkissesmeek，

Likemeltedrubies，oermypallidcheek."

Thesecondofthe"2followingpoems"wasColeridges"SonnettotheRiverOtter."Theversionthenbeforehim"excludes，"plainsLamb，"thoseequallybeautifullineswhichdeservenottobelost，asthetirdsavage，&c.，andIpreferthecopyinyourWatchman.Ipleadforitspreference."Thispleading…wasnotrespondedtointhewayLambwanted，butintheappendixtothe1797volumeColeridgeprintedthewholeofthepoemonan"AutumnalEvening，"towhichthe"tirdsavage"properlybelonged….

"Lloyds，Southeys，DermodysSonnets."Lambherereferstothethirdportionofthepoeticalpresent—thetwenty-eightsonnetstobeboundupwiththoseofBowles.ThomasDermody（1775-1802）wasanIrishpoetofsqualidlydissolutelife.Acollectionofhisversesappearedin1792.]

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