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LETTER319

CHARLESLAMBTOBERNARDBARTON

[P.M.3May，1823.]

DearSir—Iamvexedtobetwolettersinyourdebt，butIhavebeenquiteoutoftheveinlately.Aphilosophicaltreatiseiswanting，ofthecausesofthebackwardnesswithwhichpersonsafteracertaintimeoflifesetaboutwritingaletter.IalwaysfeelasifIhadnothingtosay，andtheperformancegenerallyjustifiesthepresentiment.TaylorandHesseydidfoolishlyinnotadmittingthesonnet.SurelyitmighthavefollowedtheB.B.IagreewithyouinthinkingBowringspaperbetterthantheformer.IwillinquireaboutmyLettertotheOldGentleman，butIexpectittogoin，afterthosetotheYoungGentnarepleted.IdonotexactlyseewhytheGooseandlittleGoslingsshouldemblematizeaQuakerpoetthathasnochildren.Butafterall—perhapsitisaPelican.TheMeneMeneTekelUpharsinarounditIcannotdecypher.ThesongsterofthenightpouringouthereffusionsamidaSilentMeetingofMadgeOwlets，wouldbeatleastintelligible.Afullpausehereesuponme，asifIhadnotawordmoreleft.Iwillshakemybrain.Once—twice—nothingesup.GeorgeFoxremendswaitingontheseoccasions.Iwait.Nothinges.G.Fox—thatsetsmeoffagain.IhavefinishedtheJournal，and400morepagesoftheDoctrinals，whichIpickedupfor7s.6d.IfIgetonatthisrate，theSocietywillbeindangerofhavingtwoQuakerpoets—topatronise.IamatDalstonnow，butif，whenIgobacktoCov.Gar.，IfindthyfriendhasnotcalldfortheJournal，theemustputmeinawayofsendingit;andifitshouldhappenthattheLenderofit，havingthatvolume，hasnottheother，IshallbemosthappyinhisacceptingtheDoctrinals，whichIshallreadbutoncecertainly.Itisnotasplendidcopy，butperfect，savealeafofIndex.

IcannotbutthinktheLondondragsheavily.ImissJanus.AndOhowitmissesHazlitt!Proctertooisaffronted（asJanushasbeen）withtheirabominablecurtailmentofhisthings—somemeddlingEditororother—orphantomofone—forneitherhenorJanusknowtheirbusyfriend.Buttheyalwaysfindthebestpartcutout;andtheyhavedonewelltocutalso.Iamnotsofortunateastobeservedinthismanner，forIwouldgiveacleansumofmoneyinsinceritytoleavethemhandsomely.Butthedogs—T.andH.Imean—willnotaffrontme，andwhatcanIdo?mustIgoontodrivelling?PoorRelationsistolerable—butwhereshallIgetanothersubject—orwhoshalldelivermefromthebodyofthisdeath?Iassureyouitteasesmemorethanitusedtopleaseme.Ch.LloydhaspublishedasortofQuakerpoem，hetellsme，andthathehasorderdmeacopy，butIhavenotgotit.Haveyouseenit?Imustleavealittlewaferspace，whichbringsmetoanapologyforaconclusion.Iamafraidoflookingback，forIfeelallthiswhileIhavebeenwritingnothing，butitmayshowIamalive.Believeme，cordiallyyoursC.LAMB.

[ThesonnetprobablywasMitfords，whichwasprintedintheJunenumber（seeabove）.Bowring，afterwardsSirJohn，waswritingintheLondonMagazineon"SpanishRomances."

"TheGooseandlittleGoslings."PossiblythedesignuponthesealofBartonslastletter.

"Janus."ThefirstmentionofThomasGriffithsWainewright（seenotebelow），whosometimeswroteintheLondonoverthepseudonymJanusWeathercock.JohnTaylor，HoodandperhapsJohnHamiltonReynolds，madeupthemagazineforpress.IntheMaynumber，inadditiontoLambs"PoorRelations，"werecontributionsfromDeQuincey，HartleyColeridge，Cary，andBarton.Butitwasnotwhatithadbeen.

LloydsQuakerpoemwouldprobablybeoneofthoseinhisPoems，1823，whichcontainssomeofhismostinterestingwork.]

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