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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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