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LETTER102

CHARLESLAMBTOS.T.COLERIDGE

Nov.4th，1802.

Observe，thereestoyou，bytheKendalwaggonto-morrow，theillustrious5thofNovember，abox，containingtheMiltons，thestrangeAmericanBible，withWhitesbriefnote，towhichyouwillattend;Baxters"HolyCommonwealth，"forwhichyoustandindebtedtome3s.6d.;anoddvolumeofMontaigne，beingofnousetome，Ihavingthewhole;certainbooksbelongingtoWordsworth，asdoalsothestrangethick-hoofedshoes，whichareverymuchadmiredatinLondon.AllthesesundriesImendtoyourmoststrenuouslookingafter.IfyoufindtheMiltonsincertainpartsdirtiedandsoiledwithacrumbofrightGloucesterblackedinthecandle（myusualsupper），orperadventureastrayashoftobaccowaftedintothecrevices，looktothatpassagemoreespecially:dependuponit，itcontainsgoodmatter.IhavegotyourlittleMiltonwhich，asitcontainsSalmasius—andImakearuleofneverhearingbutonesideofthequestion（whyshouldIdistractmyself?）—IshallreturntoyouwhenIpickuptheLatinaopera.ThefirstDefenceisthegreatestworkamongthem，becauseitisuniformlygreat，andsuchasisbefittingtheverymouthofagreatnationspeakingforitself.ButthesecondDefence，whichisbutasuccessionofsplendidepisodesslightlytiedtogether，hasonepassagewhichifyouhavenotread，Iconjureyoutolosenotime，butreadit;itishisconsolationsinhisblindness，whichhadbeenmadeareproachtohiItbeginswhimsically，withpoeticalflourishesaboutTiresiasandotherblindworthies（whichstillaremainlyinterestingasdisplayinghissingularmind，andinwhatdegreepoetryenteredintohisdailysoul，notbyfitsandimpulses，butengrainedandinnate）;buttheconcludingpage，i.e.ofthispassage（notoftheDefensio）whichyouwilleasilyfind，divestedofallbragsandflourishes，givessorational，sotrueanenumerationofhisforts，sohuman，thatitcannotbereadwithoutthedeepestinterest.Takeonetouchofthereligiouspart:—"EtsanehaudultimaDeicuracaeci—（weblindfolks，Iunderstanditnotnosforego;）—sumus;quinos，quominusquicquamaliudpraeteripsumcernerevalemus，eoclementiusatquebenigniusrespiceredignatur.Vaequiilluditnos，vaequilaedit，execrationepublicadevovendo;nosabinjuriishominumnonmodoincolumes，sedpenesacrosdivinalexreddidit，divinusfavor:neetamoculorumhebetudinequamcoelestiumalarumumbrahasnobisfecissetenebrasvidetur，factasillustrarerursusinterioreaclongepraestabilioreluminehaudrarosolet.Hucrefero，quodetamiciofficiosiusnuncetiamquamsolebant，colunt，observant，adsunt;quodetnonnullisunt，quibuscumPyladeasatqueTheseasalternarevocesverorumamicorumliceat.

"Vadegubernaculummeipedis.

Damanumministroamico.

Dacollomanumtuam，ductorautemvi?erotibiego."

Allthis，andmuchmore，ishighlypleasingtoknow.Butyoumayeasilyfindit;—andIdontknowwhyIputdownsomanywordsaboutit，butforthepleasureofwritingtoyouandthewantofanothertopic.

Yoursever，C.LAMB.

To-morrowIexpectwithanxietyS.T.C.slettertoMr.Fox.

[LambreferstoMiltonsDefensioSecundaproPopuloAnglicanocontra

AlexandrumMorumEcclesiasten.Thefollowingisatranslationofthe

LatinpassagebyRobertFellowes:—

Andindeed，inmyblindness，IenjoyinnoinconsiderabledegreethefavouroftheDeity;whoregardsmewithmoretendernessandpassioninproportionasIamabletobeholdnothingbuthimself.Alas!forhimwhoinsultsme，whomalignsandmeritspublicexecration!Forthedivinelawnotonlyshieldsmefrominjury，butalmostrendersmetoosacredtoattack;notindeedsomuchfromtheprivationofmysight，asfromtheovershadowingofthoseheavenlywings，whichseemtohaveoccasionedthisobscurity;andwhich，whenoccasioned，heiswonttoilluminatewithaninteriorlight，morepreciousandmorepure.TothisIascribethemoretenderassiduitiesofmyfriends，theirsoothingattentions，theirkindvisits，theirreverentialobservances;amongwhomtherearesomewithwhomImayinterchangethePyladeanandTheseandialogueofinseparablefriends.

Orest.Proceed，andberudderofmyfeet，byshowingmethemostendearinglove.[Eurip.inOrest.]

Andinanotherplace—

"Lendyourhandtoyourdevotedfriend，

Throwyourarmroundmyneck，and

Iwillconductyouontheway."

ColeridgesfirstlettertoCharlesJamesFoxwasprintedintheMorningPostforNovember4，1802，hissecondonNovember9.]

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