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LETTER329

CHARLESLAMBTOBERNARDBARTON

[P.M.September17，1823.]

DearSir—IhaveagainbeenreadingyourstanzasonBloomfield，whicharethemostappropriatethatcanbeimagined，sweetwithDoricdelicacy.Ilikethat

OurmorechasteTheocritus—

justhintingatthefaultoftheGrecian.Ilovethatstanzaendingwith

Wordsphrasesfashionspassaway;

ButTruthandnaturelivethroughall.

ButIshallomitinmyowncopytheonestanzawhichalludestoLordB.—Isuppose.Itspoilsthesweetnessandonenessofthefeeling.CannotwethinkofBurns，orThompson，withoutsullyingthethoughtwithareflectionoutofplaceuponLordRochester?Theseversesmighthavebeeninscribeduponatomb;areinfactanepitaph;satiredoesnotlookprettyuponatombstone.Besides，thereisa"ationinit，alwaysbadinverse;seldomadvisableinprose.

IdoubtiftheirhavingbeeninaPaperwillnotpreventT.andH.frominsertion，butIshallhaveathingtosendinadayortwo，andshalltrytheOmittingthatstanza，averylittlealterationiswantginthebeginngofthenext.Yousee，IusefreedoHowhappily（Iflatternot!）youhavebrotinhissubjects;and，（Isuppose）hisfavoritemeasure，thoughIamnotacquaintedwithanyofhiswritingsbuttheFarmersBoy.Hedinedwithmeonce，andhismannerstookmeexceedingly.

Irejoycethatyouforgivemylongsilence.Icontinuetoestimatemyown-rooffortshighly.HowcouldIremainallmylifealodger!Mygardenthrives（Iamtold）thoIhaveyetreapednothingbutsometinysallad，andwitheredcarrots.Butagardensagardenanywhere，andtwiceagardeninLondon.

SomehowIcannotrelishthatwordHorkey.Cannotyousupplyitbycircumlocution，anddirectthereaderbyanotetoexplainthatitmeanstheHorkey.ButHorkeychoaksmeintheText.Itraisescrowdsofmeanassociations，Hawkingandsp——-g，Gauky，Stalky，Maukin.Thesoundiseverything，insuchdulcetmodulationsspecially.Ilike

GilbertMeldrumssternertones，

withoutknowingwhoGilbertMeldrumis.Youhavesliptinyourrhymesasiftheygrewthere，sonatural-artificially，orartificial-naturally.Theresavilephrase.

DoyougoonwithyourQuakerSonnets—[to]haveemreadywithSoutheysBookoftheChurch?ImeditatealettertoS.intheLondon，whichperhapswillmeetthefateoftheSonnet.

Excusemybrevity，forIwritepainfullyatoffice，liableto100callingsoff.AndIcanneversitdowntoanepistleelsewhere.Ireadorwalk.IfyoureturnthislettertothePostOffice，Ithinktheywillreturn4d，seeingitisbuthalfaone.BelievemethoentirelyyoursC.L.

[Bartons"VersestotheMemoryofBloomfield，theSuffolkPoet"（whodiedinAugust，1823），wereprintedinbookforminhisPoeticVigils，1824.ThisisthestanzathatLambmostliked:—

Itisnotquaintandlocalterms

Besprinkledoerthyrusticlay，

Thoughwellsuchdialectconfirms

Itspowerunletterdmindstosway，

Itisnotthesethatmostdisplay

Thysweetestcharms，thygentlestthrall，—

Words，phrases，fashions，passaway，

ButTRUTHandNATURElivethroughall.

ThestanzareferringtoByronwasnotreprinted，norwasthewordHorkey，whichmeansHarvestHomeinSuffolk.GilbertMeldrumisacharacterinoneofBloomfieldsRuralTales.

"QuakerSonnets."Bartondidnotcarryoutthisproject.SoutheysBookoftheChurchwaspublishedin1824.

"ImeditatealettertoS."The"LetterofEliatoMr.Southey"waspublishedintheLondonMagazineforOctober，1823.]

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