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LETTER 1（第2页）

Fondestaffection，andwoudstoftimeslend

Aneartothedespondinglovesicklay，

Weepingmysorrowswithme，whorepay

ButillthemightydebtofloveIowe，

Mary，tothee，mysisterandmyfriend.

Withtheselines，andwiththatsisterskindestremembrancestoC——，

Iconclude—

Yourssincerely

LAMB.

YourConcionesadpopulumarethemosteloquentpoliticsthatevercameinmyway.

Write，whenconvenient—notasatask，forthereisnothinginthislettertoanswer.

YoumayincloseundercovertomeattheIndiahousewhatlettersyouplease，fortheyepostfree.

WecannotsendourremembrancestoMrs.C——nothavingseenher，butbelievemeourbestgoodwishesattendyouboth.

MycivicandpoeticptstoSoutheyifatBristol.—Why，heisavery

LeviathanofBards—thesmallminnowI—

[ThisistheearliestletterofLambsthathasedowntous.OnFebruary10，1796，hewasjusttwenty-oneyearsold，andwasnowlivingat7LittleQueenStreet（sincedemolished）withhisfather，mother，AuntSarahLamb（knownasAuntHetty），MaryLamband，possibly，JohnLamb.JohnLamb，senior，wasdoingnothingandhad，Ithink，alreadybeguntobreakup:hisoldmaster，SamuelSalt，haddiedinFebruary，1792.JohnLamb，theson（bornJune5，1763），hadaclerkshipattheSouth-SeaHouse;CharlesLambhadbegunhislongperiodofserviceintheIndiaHouse;andMaryLamb（bornDecember3，1764）wasoccupiedasamantua-maker.

AtthistimeColeridgewastwenty-three;hewouldbetwenty-fouronOctober21.Hismilitaryexperiencesover，hehadmarriedSaraFrickeronOctober4，1795（amonthbeforeSoutheymarriedhersisterEdith），andwaslivingatBristol，onRedcliffeHill.ThefirstnumberofTheWatchmanwasdatedonMarch1，1796;onMay13，1796，itcametoanend.OnApril16，1796，CottlehadissuedColeridgesPoemsonVariousSubjects，containingalsofour"effusions"byCharlesLamb（Nos.VII.，XI.，XII.andXIII.），andthe"ReligiousMusings."Southey，onbadtermswithColeridge，partlyonaccountofSoutheysabandonmentofPantisocracy，wasinLisbon.HisJoanofArchadjustbeenpublishedbyCottleinquartoataguinea.PreviouslyhehadcollaboratedinTheFallofRobespierre，1794，withColeridgeandRobertLovell.Each，oneevening，hadsetforthtowriteanactbythenext.SoutheyandLovelldidso，butColeridgebroughtonlyapartofhis.Lovellsbeinguseless，Southeyrewrotehisact，Coleridgefinishedhisatleisure，andtheresultwaspublished.RobertLovell（1770?-1796）hadalsobeenassociatedwithColeridgeandSoutheyinPantisocracyandwastheirbrother-in-law，havingmarriedMaryFricker，anotherofthesisters.When，in1795，SoutheyandLovellhadpublishedajointvolumeofPoems，SoutheytookthepseudonymofBionandLovellofMoschus.

MaywasprobablythelandlordoftheSalutationandCat.TheLondonDirectoryfor1808has"WilliamMay，SalutationCoffeeHouse，17NewgateStreet."WemustsupposethatwhenColeridgequittedtheSalutationandCatinJanuary，1795，hewasunabletopayhisbill，andthereforehadtoleavehisluggagebehind.CottlesstoryofColeridgebeingofferedfreelodgingbyaLondoninn-keeper，ifhewouldonlytalkandtalk，musttheneitherbeaprettyinventionorapplytoanotherlandlord，possiblythehostoftheAngelinButcherHallStreet.

AllenwasRobertAllen，aschoolfellowofLambandColeridge，andColeridgesfirstfriend.HewasbornonOctober18，1772.BothLambandLeighHunttellgoodstoriesofhimatChristsHospital，LambinEliaandHuntinhisAutobiography.FromChristsHospitalhewenttoUniversityCollege，Oxford，anditwashewhointroducedColeridgeandHuckstoSoutheyin1794.Probably，saysMr.E.H.Coleridge，itwashewhobroughtColeridgeandJohnStoddart（afterwardsSirJohn，andHazlittsbrother-in-law）together.OnleavingOxfordheseemstohavegonetoWestminstertolearnsurgery，andin1797hewasappointedDeputy-Surgeontothe2ndRoyals，theninPortugal.Hemarriedawidowwithchildren;atsometimelatertooktojournalism，asLambsreferenceintheEliaessayon"Newspapers"tellsus;andhediedofapoplexyin1805.

ColeridgesemploymentontheEvidencesofReligion，whateveritmayhavebeen，didnotreachprint.

LeGricewasCharlesValentineLeGrice（1773-1858），anoldChristsHospitallerandGrecian（seeLambsEliaessayson"ChristsHospital"and"GracebeforeMeat"）.LeGricepassedtoTrinityCollege，Cambridge.Heleftin1796andbecametutortoWilliamJohnGodolphinNichollsofTrereife，nearPenzance，theonlysonofawidowedmother.LeGricewasordainedin1798andmarriedMrs.Nichollsin1799.YoungNichollsdiedin1815andMrs.LeGricein1821，whenLeGricebecamesoleowneroftheTrereifeproperty.HewasincumbentofSt.Marys，Penzance，forsomeyears.LeGricewasawitty，rebelliouscharacter，butheneverfulfilledthepromiseofhisearlydays.IthasbeenconjecturedthathisskillinpunningawakenedLambsambitioninthatdirection.LeGricesawLambnextin1834，attheBellatEdmonton.HisrecollectionsofLambwereincludedbyTalfourdintheMemorials，andhisrecollectionsofColeridgewereprintedintheGentlemansMagazine，December，1834.IknownothingofMissHunt.

OfLambsconfinementinamadhouseweknownomorethanisheretold.Itisconjecturedthatthe"otherperson"towhomLambrefersafewlineslaterwasAnnSimmons，agirlatWidfordforwhomhehadanattachmentthathadbeendiscouraged，ifnotforbidden，byherfriends.ThisistheonlyattackofthekindthatLambisknowntohavesuffered.HeoncetoldColeridgethatduringhisillnesshehadsometimesbelievedhimselftobeYoungNorvalinHomes"Douglas."

Thepoeminblankversewas，welearninasubsequentletter，"TheGrandame，"orpossiblyanautobiographicalworkofwhich"TheGrandame"istheonlyportionthatsurvived.

WhitewasJamesWhite（1775-1820），anoldChristsHospitallerandafriendandalmostexactcontemporaryofLamb.Lamb，whofirstkindledhisenthusiasmforShakespeare，was，Ithink，tosomeextentinvolvedintheOriginalLetters，&c.，ofSirJohnFalstaffandhisFriends，whichappearedin1796.Thededication—toMasterSamuelIrelaunde，meaningWilliamHenryIreland（whosometimestookhisfathersnameSamuel），theforgerofthepretendedShakespearianplay"Vortigern，"producedatDruryLaneearlierintheyear—isquiteinLambsmanner.Whitesimmortality，however，restsnotuponthisbook，butuponhisportraitintheEliaessayon"Chimney-Sweepers."

Thesonnet"TomySister"wasprinted，withslightalterations，byLambinColeridgesPoems，secondedition，1797，andagaininLambsWorks，1818.

ColeridgesCondonesadPopulum;or，AddressestothePeople，hadbeenpublishedatBristolinNovember，1795.]

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