LETTER 16

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“TheWorksofCharlesandMaryLamb—Volume5（.shg.tw）”

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LETTER16

CHARLESLAMBTOS.T.COLERIDGE

[Datedatend:Dec.5，1796.]

ToayoungLadygoingouttoIndia

Hardistheheart，thatdoesnotmeltwithRuth

WhencaresitscloudyonthebrowofYouth，

Whenbittergriefsthefemalebosomswell

AndBeautymeditatesafondfarewell

Toherlovednativeland，andearlyhome，

Insearchofpeacethro"

strangerclimestoroa"

注释标题Bowles.[“TheAfrican，”

line27.]

TheMuse，withglanceprophetic，seesherstand，

Forsaken，silentLady，onthestrand

OffarthestIndia，sickeningatthewar

Ofwavesslow-beating，dullupontheshore

Stretching，atgloomyintervals，hereye

Oerthewidewatersvainlytoespy

Thelong-expectedbark，inwhichtofind

Sometidingsofaworldshehasleftbehind.

Inthatsadhourshallstartthegushingtear

Forscenesherchildhoodloved，nowdoublydear，

Inthatsadhourshallfranticmemoryawake

PangsofremorseforslightedEnglandssake，

Andforthesakeofmanyatendertye

OfLoveorFriendshippassdtoolightlyby.

Unwept，unpitied，midstanalienrace，

Andthecoldlooksofmanyastrangerface，

Howwillherpoorheartbleed，andchidetheday，

Thatfromhercountrytookherfaraway.

[Lambhasstruckhispenthroughtheforegoingpoe]

Coleridge，theabovehassomefewdecent[linesin]it，andinthepaucityofmyportionofyourvolumemayaswellbeinserted;IwouldalsowishtoretainthefollowingifonlytoperpetuatethememoryofsoexquisiteapleasureasIhaveoftenreceivedattheperformanceofthetragedyofDouglas，whenMrs.SiddonshasbeentheLadyRandolph.Bothpiecesmaybeinsertedbetweenthesonnetsandthesketches—inwhichlatter，thelastleafbutoneofthem，Ibegyoutoalterthewords"

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