5200小说网

手机浏览器扫描二维码访问

LETTER 346(第1页)

一秒记住【xiaoyanwenxue.com】精彩无弹窗免费!“TheWorksofCharlesandMaryLamb—Volume6(.shg.tw)”!

LETTER346

CHARLESLAMBTOBERNARDBARTON

May15,1824.

DEARB.B.—Iamoppressedwithbusinessallday,andCompanyallnight.ButIwillsnatchaquarterofanhour.YourrecentacquisitionsofthePictureandtheLetteraregreatlytobecongratulated.Itoohaveapictureofmyfatherandthecopyofhisfirstloveverses;buttheyhavebeenminelong.Blakeisarealname,Iassureyou,andamostextraordinaryman,ifhebestillliving.HeistheRobert[William]Blake,whosewilddesignsacpanyasplendidfolioeditionofthe"NightThoughts,"whichyoumayhaveseen,inoneofwhichhepicturesthepartingofsoulandbodybyasolidmassofhumanformfloatingoff,Godknowshow,fromalumpishmass(facSimiletoitself)leftbehindonthedyingbed.Hepaintsinwatercoloursmarvellousstrangepictures,visionsofhisbrain,whichheassertsthathehasseen.Theyhavegreatmerit.HehasseentheoldWelshbardsonSnowdon—hehasseentheBeautifullest,thestrongest,andtheUgliestMan,leftalonefromtheMassacreoftheBritonsbytheRomans,andhaspaintedthemfrommemory(Ihaveseenhispaintings),andassertsthemtobeasgoodasthefiguresofRaphaelandAngelo,butnotbetter,astheyhadpreciselythesameretro-visionsandpropheticvisionswiththemself[himself].Thepaintersinoil(whichhewillhaveitthatneitherofthempractised)heaffirmstohavebeentheruinofart,andaffirmsthatallthewhilehewasengagedinhisWaterpaintings,Titianwasdisturbinghim,TitiantheIIIGeniusofOilPainting.HisPictures—oneinparticular,theCanterburyPilgrims(faraboveStothards)—havegreatmerit,buthard,dry,yetwithgrace.HehaswrittenaCatalogueofthemwithamostspiritedcriticismonChaucer,butmysticalandfullofVision.HispoemshavebeensoldhithertoonlyinManuscript.Ineverreadthem;butafriendatmydesireprocuredthe"SweepSong."Thereisonetoatiger,whichIhaveheardrecited,beginning—

"Tiger,Tiger,burningbright,

Throthedesartsofthenight,"

whichisglorious,but,alas!Ihavenotthebook;forthemanisflown,whitherIknownot—toHadesoraMadHouse.ButImustlookonhimasoneofthemostextraordinarypersonsoftheage.MontgomerysbookIhavenotmuchhopefroTheSociety,withtheaffectedname,hasbeenlabouringatitforthese20years,andmadefewconverts.Ithinkitwasinjudicioustomixstoriesavowedlycolourdbyfictionwiththesadtruestatementsfromtheparliamentaryrecords,etc.,butIwishthelittleNegroesallthegoodthatcanefromit.Ibatterdmybrains(notbutterdthem—butitisabada)forafewversesforthem,butIcouldmakenothingofit.Youhavebeenluckier.ButBlakesarethefloweroftheset,youwill,Iamsure,agree,thosomeofMontgomerysattheendarepretty;buttheDreamawkwardlyparaphrasdfromB.

WiththeexceptionofanEpilogueforaPrivateTheatrical,Ihavewrittennothingnowfornear6months.Itisinvaintospurmeon.Imustwait.Icannotwritewithoutagenialimpulse,andIhavenone.Tisbarrenallanddearth.Nomatter;lifeissomethingwithoutscribbling.Ihavegotridofmybadspirits,andholdupprettywellthisrain-damndMay.

SowehavelostanotherPoet.InevermuchrelishedhisLordshipsmind,andshallbesorryiftheGreekshavecausetomisshiHewastomeoffensive,andInevercanmakeouthisgreatpower,whichhisadmirerstalkof.Why,alineofWordsworthsisalevertolifttheimmortalspirit!ByroncanonlymovetheSpleen.HewasatbestaSatyrist,—inanyotherwayhewasmeanenough.IdaresayIdohiminjustice;butIcannotlovehim,norsqueezeateartohismemory.Hedidnotliketheworld,andhehasleftit,asAldermanCurtisadvisedtheRadicals,"Iftheydontliketheircountry,damnem,letemleaveit,"theypossessingnoroodofgroundinEngland,andhe10,000acres.ByronwasbetterthanmanyCurtises.

Farewell,andacceptthisapologyforaletterfromonewhoowesyousomuchinthatkind.

Yoursevertruly,C.L.

[LambsportraitofhisfatherisreproducedinVol.II.ofmylargeedition.Thefirstloveversesarenomore.

WilliamBlakewasatthistimesixty-sixyearsofage.Hewaslivinginpovertyandneglectat3FountainCourt,Strand.Blakemade537illustrationstoYoungsNightThoughts,ofwhichonlyforty-sevenwerepublished.Lambis,however,thinkingofhiseditionofBlairsGrave.Theexhibitionofhisworkswasheldin1809,anditwasforthisthatBlakewrotethedescriptivecatalogue.LambhadsentBlakes"SweepSong,"which,like"Tiger,Tiger,"isintheSongsofInnocence,toJamesMontgomeryforhisChimney-SweepersFriendandClimbingBoysAlbum,1824,alittlebookdesignedtoamelioratethelotofthosechildren,inwhoseinterestasocietyexisted.Bartonalsocontributedsomething.ItwasBlakespoemwhichhadexcitedBartonscuriosity.ProbablyhethoughtthatLambwroteit.LambsmistakeconcerningBlakesnameiscuriousinsofarasthatitwasBlakesbrotherRobert,whodiedin1787,whoinavisionrevealedtothepoetthemethodbywhichtheSongsofInnocenceweretobereproduced.

"TheDreamawkwardlyparaphrasdfromB."Thebookendedwiththree"Climbing-BoysSoliloquies"byMontgomery.ThesecondwasadreaminwhichthedreaminBlakessongwasextendedandprosified.

"AnEpilogueforaPrivateTheatrical."Probablytheepiloguefortheamateurperformanceof"RichardII.,"givenbythefamilyofHenryField,BarrenFieldsfather(seeVol.IV.ofthepresentedition).

"AnothergreatPoet."ByrondiedonApril19,1824.

"AldermanCurtis."Seenoteabove.]

武之巅峰  我阻止了亿万灾难  娇宠名门夫人晴小天  离婚后我在豪门乘风破浪  上门姐夫  爷,王妃她恃宠而骄!  The King James Bible  偏执总裁的罪妻  祖一南音美  帝国与王国,魔法之争  娇宠名门夫人舒情霍云城  一胎三宝:替嫁妈咪是团宠  心底唯一的光芒姜芸云城睿佘云怡  The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5  苍穹之下  修罗君王  冷少的娇妻是鉴宝大佬  神都兵王  锦鲤太后升职记  三国之阿斗要翻天  

热门小说推荐
狂神

狂神

小三新书阴阳冕已经注册将会在本周日,斗罗大陆结束的同时开始上传更新,麻烦大家先收藏推荐一下,谢谢。阴阳冕书号1436015下面的直通车也可以直接点过去。小三出品,必属精品,全新设定,酬谢书友本站为书迷更新狂神最新章节,查看唐家三少所撰玄幻狂神的最新章节免费在线阅读。...

燕过一帘秋

燕过一帘秋

他是暗夜帝国的黑帝,亦是呼风唤雨的总裁。她是落魄的富家千金。当他遇到她,他们的世界都发生了巨大的变化。他和她在一起,本以为是替代品,可谁能告诉他,为何看到她悲伤离去,自己却悲伤逆流成河。她遇到他,...

机械王庭

机械王庭

我的名字是伊文,美尼斯帝国的太阳王,穿越者大军的一员,人民视我为神的化身,统御着数百万平方公里,两亿人口的封建大帝国。但我的对手是星际文明,他们的星际战舰就停泊在王都上空,按个按钮就能爆了这颗星球。宗族认为我不配登基,王庭被配偶把持,地方总督听调不听宣。我想知道我还能活多久,能不能删号重练?书友群487305837...

盛晚傅向沉

盛晚傅向沉

全城惊闻!傅家大少竟娶了个傻子当傅太太,人人都等着看他们什么时候离婚收场,结果傅大少却把傻子宠上了天。傅太太每天只想吃饭睡觉赚大钱,傅大少每天跟在后面大把大把给傅太太撒钱,连眼皮都不抬一下。某日,云雨过后,傅太太扒着矜贵男人老公,我们离婚吧。傅大少骗够了我的钱就想甩了我?天底下哪有白吃的午餐?傅太太怒,每天胡搅蛮缠求离婚,众人惊诧,傅大少却云淡风轻乖,别闹。...

娱乐之子

娱乐之子

他当然是天才,明灯一盏,再多的黑暗也挡不住光芒万丈他或许也悲伤,踽踽独行,为一点珍贵的亲情不惜所有天才如果悲伤,就是神要诞生了!我们的口号是,多写少写,绝不太监!!A签作品,敬请收藏...

鬼妻男养

鬼妻男养

阴人路,活人坟,葬下千万魂。因为贪财,我被配了冥婚,从此命运被改写那一年,三生石前,你说轮回之后,等我归来。那一天,万花绽,孤坟开,我已归来,而你不在!一眼一惊艳,一步一沉沦,一念一场空,一世等一人!来世你渡我,可愿?...

每日热搜小说推荐