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LETTER 31（第3页）

Theworlddoesmuchtowarptheheartofman;

AndImaysometimesjoinitsidiotlaugh:

OfthisInowplainnot.Dealwithme，

OmniscientFather，asThoujudgestbest，

AndinThyseasonsoftenthoumyheart.

Ipraynotformyself:Iprayforhim

Whosesoulissoreperplexed.Shinethouonhim，

FatherofLights!andinthedifficultpaths

Makeplainhiswaybeforehim:hisownthoughts

Mayhenotthink—hisownendsnotpursue—

SoshallhebestperformThywillonearth.

GreatestandBest，Thywillbeeverours!

TheformerofthesepoemsIwrotewithunusualceleritytothermorningatoffice.Iexpectyoutolikeitbetterthananythingofmine;Lloyddoes，andIdomyself.

YouuseLloydveryill，neverwritingtohiItellyouagainthathisisnotamindwithwhichyoushouldplaytricks.Hedeservesmoretendernessfromyou.

Formyself，ImustspoilalittlepassageofBeaumontandFletchertoadaptittomyfeelings:—

"Iamprouder

ThatIwasonceyourfriend，thonowforgot，

Thantohavehadanothertruetome."

Ifyoudontwritetomenow，asItoldLloyd，Ishallgetangry，andcallyouhardnames—ManchineelandIdontknowwhatelse.Iwishyouwouldsendmemygreat-coat.Thesnowandtherainseasonisathand，andIhavebutawretchedoldcoat，oncemyfathers，tokeepemoff，andthatistransitory.

"Whentimedrivesflocksfromfieldtofold，

Whenwaysgrowfoulandbloodgetscold，"

IshallrememberwhereIleftmycoat.Meetemblemwiltthoube，oldWinter，ofafriendsneglect—cold，cold，cold!Remembrancewhereremembranceisdue.

C.LAMB.

[ThetwopoemsincludedinthisletterwereprintedinBlankVerse，avolumewhichLambandLloydissuedin1798.

ColeridgehadwrittentoLloyd，weknow，aslateasJuly，becausehesenthimaversionofthepoem"ThisLime-treeBower，myPrison;"butacoolnessthatwastoripenintopositivehostilityhadalreadybegun.Ofthisweshallseemorelater.

ThepassagefromBeaumontandFletcherisin"TheMaidsTragedy"（Act

II.，SceneI），whereAspatiasaystoAmintor:—

ThusIwindmyself

Intothiswillowgarland，andamprouder

ThatIwasonceyourlove（thoughnowrefusd）

Thantohavehadanothertruetome.

ThesceneisinLambsDramaticSpecimens.

ThereferencetoManchineelisexplainedbyapassageinColeridgesdedicationofhis1797volume，thenjustpublished，tohisbrother，theRev.GeorgeColeridge，where，speakingofthefriendshehadknown，hesays:—

andsomemostfalse，Falseandfair-foliagdastheManchineel，Havetemptedmetoslumberintheirshade

—themanchineelbeingapoisonousWestIndiantree.

Betweenthisandthenextletterprobablycamecorrespondencethathasnowbeenlost.]

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