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Bodleian Library, MS Eng. Lett. c. 22. Previously published: Kenneth Curry (ed.), New Letters of Robert Southey, 2 vols (London and New York, 1965), I, pp. 52–53 [in part; verses not reproduced].
These letters were edited with the assistance of Carol Bolton, Tim Fulford and Ian Packer
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tis a long while since any thing in the shape of a letter has
reachd me from your part of the world. your brother is obstinate
either in anger or in system. you are busied in the concerns of the nation —
& I have been — at Oxford the worst place in the world for letter
writing. Friday morning. Burnett
called me before the clock struck three. up I got — we breakfasted &
talked till five when I departed in the Mail. the folly of my companions
taciturnified me — their frigidity of intellect petrified my organs of voice.
his most amorous Majesty was an
outside passenger but I could not approach his person & was silent all
the way. the next morning I conveyd my baggage to the inn. & secured a
place in the Caravan newly launched on the plan of your Greenwich machines.
there is something in the recollection of scenes of childhood
that give a pleasing melancholy to the mind. I remember the various hours of
alternate gaiety & sorrow, business & play that diversied my
time at Corston. on this subject Bowles
To the river Itchin near Winton
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The author of this sonnet, tho indisputably one of the first
poets of the day, is little known. he was of Trinity College Oxford. I have only
seen his sonnets — they are so scarce that a friend of mine
now Grosvenor I have two pieces of poetry of a very different nature to fill up my letter. the first is by an undergraduate whom I saw at the Anatomy School — physiognomised, & introduced myself to. a man of extraordinary ability.
To a Painter
from Anacreon
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the four last lines run more literally thus.
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This translation pleases me much. Charles Collins has met the author
at my rooms & taken a great liking to him. by the by poor Carlo has met with a grievous
misfortune. Don Quixotes library has been purged. Wynn & I — guess whats
to come. the Curate & the Barber — twas a good fire. the book case open.
Jack
“But Ill buy my Johannes Secundus again.”
Ode to my Stick yclept the Sans Culottes
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how is Mrs Bs gout?