The works of Charles and Mary Lamb . ead will melt. What Lyesyou Poets tell about the May! It is the most ungenial part of theYear, cold crocuses, cold primroses, you take your blossoms in Ice—a painted Sun— Unmeaning joy around appears,And Nature smiles as if she sneers. It is ill with me when I begin to look which way the wind years ago I literally did not know the point from the broadend of the Vane, whichit was the [?that] indicated the hope these ill winds have blowd over you, as they do thro rememb^es to you and yours. C. L. Note [ Your neat little poem. It
The works of Charles and Mary Lamb . ead will melt. What Lyesyou Poets tell about the May! It is the most ungenial part of theYear, cold crocuses, cold primroses, you take your blossoms in Ice—a painted Sun— Unmeaning joy around appears,And Nature smiles as if she sneers. It is ill with me when I begin to look which way the wind years ago I literally did not know the point from the broadend of the Vane, whichit was the [?that] indicated the hope these ill winds have blowd over you, as they do thro rememb^es to you and yours. C. L. Note [ Your neat little poem. It is not possible to trace this , I think, the Stanzas written for a blank leaf in SewellsHistoryof the Quakers, printed in A Widows Tale, 1827. George 3. Byrons Vision of Judgment thus closes :— King George slippd into Heaven for one;And when the tumult dwindled to a calm,I left him practising the hundredth psalm. VOL. VII.—47 706 LETTERS OF C. AND M. LAMB June This is Hoods sketch, in his Whims and Oddities :—. Very deaf indeed.* Unmeaning joy around appears ... I have not found this.] LETTER 377CHARLES LAMB TO S. T. COLERIDGE June 1st, 1826. DEAR Coleridge,—If I know myself, nobody more detests thedisplay of personal vanity which is implied in the act ofsitting for ones picture than myself. But the fact is, that thelikeness which accompanies this letter was stolen from my person atone of my unguarded moments by some too partial artist, and myfriends are pleased to think that he has not much flattered its merits may be, you, who have so great an interest inthe original, will have a satisfaction in tracing the features of onethat has so long esteemed you. There are times when in a friendsabsence these graphic representations of him almost seem to bringback the man himself. The painter, whoever he was, seems to havetaken me in one of those disengaged moments, if I may so termthem, when the native character is so much more honestly displayedtha
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