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LETTER82
CHARLESLAMBTOTHOMASMANNING
Feb.15,1801.
IhadneedbecautioushenceforwardwhatopinionIgiveofthe"LyricalBallads."AlltheNorthofEnglandareinaturmoil.CumberlandandWestmorelandhavealreadydeclaredastateofwar.IlatelyreceivedfromWordsworthacopyofthesecondvolume,acpaniedbyanacknowledgementofhavingreceivedfrommemanymonthssinceacopyofacertainTragedy,withexcusesfornothavingmadeanyacknowledgementsooner,itbeingowingtoan"almostinsurmountableaversionfromLetter-writing."ThisletterIansweredindueformandtime,andenumeratedseveralofthepassageswhichhadmostaffectedme,adding,unfortunately,thatnosinglepiecehadmovedmesoforciblyasthe"AncientMariner,""TheMadMother,"orthe"LinesatTinternAbbey."ThePostdidnotsleepamoment.IreceivedalmostinstantaneouslyalongletteroffoursweatingpagesfrommyReluctantLetter-Writer,thepurportofwhichwas,thathewassorryhis2dvol.hadnotgivenmemorepleasure(DevilahintdidIgivethatithadnotpleasedme),and"waspelledtowishthatmyrangeofsensibilitywasmoreextended,beingobligedtobelievethatIshouldreceivelargeinfluxesofhappinessandhappyThoughts"(IsupposefromtheL.B.)—WithadealofstuffaboutacertainUnionofTendernessandImagination,whichinthesenseheusedImaginationwasnotthecharacteristicofShakspeare,butwhichMiltonpossessedinadegreefarexceedingotherPoets:whichUnion,asthehighestspeciesofPoetry,andchieflydeservingthatname,"Hewasmostproudtoaspireto;"thenillustratingthesaidUnionbytwo"ationsfromhisown2dvol.(whichIhadbeensounfortunateastomiss).1stSpecimen—afatheraddresseshisson:—
"Whenthou
FirstcamestintotheWorld,asitbefalls
Tonew-bornInfants,thoudidstsleepaway
Twodays:andBlessingsfromThyfathersTongue
Thenfelluponthee."
Thelineswerethusundermarked,andthenfollowed"ThisPassage,asbininginanextraordinarydegreethatUnionofImaginationandTendernesswhichIamspeakingof,IconsiderasoneoftheBestIeverwrote!"
2dSpecimen.—Ayouth,afteryearsofabsence,revisitshisnativeplace,andthinks(asmostpeopledo)thattherehasbeenstrangealterationinhisabsence:—
"Andthattherocks
AndeverlastingHillsthemselveswerechanged."
YouseeboththesearegoodPoetry:butafteronehasbeenreadingShakspearetwentyofthebestyearsofoneslife,tohaveafellowstartup,andprateaboutsomeunknownquality,whichShakspearepossessedinadegreeinferiortoMiltonandsomebodyelse!!Thiswasnottobeallmycastigation.Coleridge,whohadnotwrittentomesomemonthsbefore,startsupfromhisbedofsicknesstoreprovemeformyhardypresumption:fourlongpages,equallysweatyandmoretedious,camefromhim;assuringmethat,whentheworksofamanoftruegeniussuchasW.undoubtedlywas,donotpleasemeatfirstsight,Ishouldsuspectthefaulttolie"inmeandnotinthem,"etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.WhatamItodowithsuchpeople?IcertainlyshallwritethemaverymerryLetter.Writingtoyou,Imaysaythatthe2dvol.hasnosuchpiecesasthethreeIenumerated.Itisfulloforiginalthinkingandanobservingmind,butitdoesnotoftenmakeyoulaughorcry.—Ittooartfullyaimsatsimplicityofexpression.AndyousometimesdoubtifSimplicitybenotacoverforPoverty.ThebestPieceinitIwillsendyou,beingshort.IhavegrievouslyoffendedmyfriendsintheNorthbydeclaringmyunduepreference;butIneednotfearyou:—
"Shedweltamongtheuntroddenways
BesidetheSpringsofDove,
Amaidwhomtherewerefew[none]topraise
Andveryfewtolove.
"Aviolet,byamossystone,
Halfhiddenfromtheeye.
Fairasastarwhenonlyone
Isshininginthesky.
"Shelivedunknown;andfewcouldknow,
WhenLucyceasedtobe.
Butsheisinthegrave,andoh!
Thedifferencetome."
Thisischoiceandgenuine,andsoaremany,manymore.Butonedoesnotliketohaveemrammeddownonesthroat."Pray,takeit—itsverygood—letmehelpyou—eatfaster."
[ItcannotbetoomuchregrettedthatLambs"verymerryLetter"inanswertoWordsworthandColeridgesremonstranceshasnotbeenpreserved.
AttheendoftheletterisapassagewhichcanbereadonlyintheBostonBibliophileedition,referringtoDyersPoems,toJohnWoodvilandtoGodwin.]
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