UNCOLLECTEDPIECES

uncollectedpieces

page85.dramaticfragment.

londonmagazine,january,1822.anexcerptfromlamb'splay,"pride'scure"(johnwoodvil).seenotebelow.

page86.dickstrype.

writingtojohnrickmaninjanuary,1802,lambsays,"myeditor[danstuartofthemorningpost]uniformlyrejectsallthatido,considerableinlength.ishallonlydoparagraphswithnowandthenaslightpoem,suchasdickstrype,ifyoureadit,whichwasbutalongepigram."theverses,whichappearedonjanuary6,1802,maybecomparedwiththestoryofephraimwagstaff,onpage432ofvol.i.,writtentwenty-fiveyearslater.ithasbeenpointedoutthatpointsofmisery,1823,bycharlesmolloywestmacott(bernardblackmantleoftheenglishspy),containsthepoemwithslightalterations.butwestmacottreapedwherehecould,andhisbookisconfessedlynotwhollyoriginal.lambseemstometoadmitauthorshipbyimplicationfairlycompletely.westmacottwasonlythirteenwhenitwasfirstprinted.

page88.twoepitaphsonayounglady,etc.

morningpost,february7,1804.signedc.l.lambsendsthepoembothtowordsworthandmanningin1803.hesaystomanning:—"didisendyouanepitaphiscribbleduponapoorgirlwhodiedatnineteen?—agoodgirl,andaprettygirl,andaclevergirl,butstrangelyneglectedbyallherfriendsandkin….brief,andpretty,andtender,isitnot?isendyouthis,beingtheonlypieceofpoetryihavedonesincethemusesallwentwitht.m.[thomasmanning]toparis."

theyoungladywasmarydruittofwimbornewhodiedofconsumptionin1801.theversesarenotonhertombstone.aletterfromlambtohisfriendrickman(seecanonainger'sedition),showsthatitwasforrickmanthatthelineswerewritten.lambdidnotknowmarydruitt.writingtorickmaninfebruary,1802,lambsendsthesecondepitaph:—"yourownprose,ornakedlytheletterwhichyousentme,whichwasinsomesortanepitaph,woulddobetteronhergravestonethanthecoldlinesofastranger."

page89.theape.

printedinthelondonmagazine,october,1820,whereitwasprecededbythesewords:—

"totheeditor

"mr.editor,—theriddlinglineswhichisendyou,werewrittenuponayounglady,who,fromherdivertingsportivenessinchildhood,wasnamedbyherfriendstheape.whentheverseswerewritten,l.m.hadoutgrownthetitle—butnotthememoryofit—beinginherteens,andconsequentlypastchild-tricks.theyareanendeavourtoexpressthatperplexity,whichonefeelsatanyalteration,evensupposedforthebetter,inabelovedobject;withalittleobliquegrudgingattime,whocannotbestownewgraceswithouttakingawaysomeportionoftheolderones,whichwecanillmiss.

"*****."

l.m.waslouisamartin,whoisnowandthenreferredtoinlamb'sletterasmonkey,andtowhomheaddressedthelinesonpage82,whichcomeasasequeltothepresentones.inalettertowordsworth,manyyearslater,datedfebruary22,1834,lambasksafavourforthislady:—"theoldestandbestfriendsihaveleftareintrouble.abranchofthem(andtheyofthebeststockofgod'screatures,ibelieve)isestablishingaschoolatcarlisle;hernameislouisamartin…herqualities…arethemostamiable,mostupright.forthirtyyearsshehasbeentriedbyme,andonherbehaviouriwouldstakemysoul."

page90.intabulameximii….

theselatinverseswereprintedinthechampion,may6and7,1820,signedcarlagnulus,accompaniedbythisnotice:"weinsert,withgreatpleasure,thefollowingbeautifullatinversesonhaydon'sfinepicture,andshallbeobligedtoanyofourcorrespondentsforaspiritedtranslationforournext."thefollowingweekbroughtonetranslation—lamb'sown—signedc.l.bothwerereprintedinthepoeticalrecreationsof"thechampion"in1822,andagainintomtaylor'slifeofhaydon,1853.

benjaminroberthaydon(1786-1846)wasforsixyearsatworkuponthispicture—"christ'sentryintojerusalem"—whichwasexhibitedattheegyptianhallin1820.thestorygoesthatmrs.siddonsestablishedthepicture'sreputationinsociety.whiletheprivate-viewcompanywereassembledindoubtthegreatactressenteredandwalkedacrosstheroom."itiscompletelyessful,"shewasheardtosaytosirgeorgebeaumont;andthen,tohaydon,"thepalenessofyourchristgivesitasupernaturallook."astreamof30,000personsfollowedthisverdict.thepictureisnowinphiladelphia.

line4.palma.thereweretwopalmas,bothpaintersofthevenetianschool.giacomopalmatheelder,whoisreferredtohere,wasbornabout1480.bothpaintedmanyscenesinthelifeofchrist.

lines7and8.us'sentence.

valeatresludicrasime

palmanegatamacrum,donatareducitopimum.

horace,epist.,ii.,i,180-181.

(farewelltoperformances,ifthepalm,denied,sendsonehomelean,but,granted,flourishing.)

lambhasnotquiterepresentedthepoet'smeaning,whichisaprofessionofindependenceinregardtopopularapplause.

page91.sonnettomissburney….

firstprintedinthemorningchronicle,july13,1820.theburneyfamilybegantobefamouswithdr.charlesburney(1726-1814),themusician,theauthorofthehistoryofmusic,andthefriendofdr.johnsonandsirjoshuareynolds.amonghischildrenweretherev.charlesburney(1757-1817),theclassicalscholarandowneroftheburneylibrary,nowinthebritishmuseum;rear-admiraljamesburney(1750-1821),whosailedwithcook,wrotethechronologicalhistoryofthediscoveriesinthesouthseaorpacificocean,andbecameafriendoflamb;francesburney,afterwardsmadamed'arblay(1752-1840),thenovelist,authorofevelina,camillaandcecilia;andsarahharrietburney(1770?-1844),adaughterofdr.burney'ssecondwife,alsoanovelist,andtheauthor,amongotherstories,ofgeraldinefauconberg."countryneighbours;or,thesecret,"thetalethatinspiredlamb'ssonnet,formedvols.ii.andiii.ofsarahburney'stalesoffancy.blanchistheheroine.

thegoodoldmaninmadamed'arblay'scamillaissirhughtyrold,whoadoptedtheheroine.

page91.tomyfriendtheindicator.

printedintheindicator,september27,1820,signed****,precededbythesewordsbyleighhunt,theeditor:—

everypleasurewecouldexperienceinafriend'sapprobation,wehavefeltinreceivingthefollowingverses.theyarefromawriter,whoofallothermen,knowshowtoextricateacommonthingfromcommonness,andtogiveitanunderlookofpleasantconsciousnessandwisdom.…thereceiptoftheseverseshassetusuponthinkingofthegood-naturedcountenance,whichmenofgenius,inallages,haveforthemostpartshewntocontemporarywriters.

page92.onseeingmrs.k——b——.

thelatemr.dykescampbellthoughtitverylikelythatthesecharmingverseswerelamb's.ithinktheymaybe,althoughitisoddthatheshouldnothavereprintedanythingsopretty.mr.thomashutchinson'sbeliefthattheyarelamb's,addedtothatoftheirdiscoverer,leadsmetoincludethemconfidentlyhere.hereandthereitseemsimpossiblethatthepoemcouldcomefromanyotherhand:line11forexample,andtheideainlines13to16,andthestatementinlines27and28.nonethelessitmustbeborneinmindthatonedoesbutconjecture.thelinesareintheticklermagazinefor1821.

page93.toemma,learninglatin,anddesponding.

firstprintedinblackwood'smagazine,june,1829.

marylambhadotherpupilsinhertime,amongthemmisskelly,theactress,maryvictorianovello(afterwardsmrs.cowdenclarke),andwilliamhazlitt,theessayist'sson.emmawas,ofcourse,emmaisola.saracoleridge'stranslationofmartindobrizhoffer'shistoriadeabiponibusunderthetitleaccountoftheabiponeswaspublishedin1822,whenshewasonlytwenty.

"tothink[lambwrotetobarton,onfebruary17,1823,ofsaracoleridge]thatsheshouldhavehadtotoilthro'fiveoctavosofthatcursed(iforgetiwritetoaquaker)abbeyponyhistory,andthentoabridgethemto3,andallfor£113.atheryears,tobedoingstupidjesuits'latinintoenglish,whensheshouldbereadingorwritingromances."saracoleridge'sromance-writingcamelater,in1837,whenherfairytale,phantasmion,appeared.

initsoriginalformthissonnetinitsfifthlineranthus:—

(innewtaskshardeststillthefirstappears).

derwentcoleridgereadthesonnetin1853inmrs.moxon'salbum,andcopyingitout,sentittohiswife,sayingthathewishedsissy(hisdaughterchristabel)togetitbyheart.headdedthisnote:"charleslambhavingdiscoveredthatthissonnetconsistedbutofthirteenlines,misslambinsertedthe5th,whichinterruptstheflowandrepeatsarhime."derwentcoleridgegoesontoesttwoalternativelines:—

andhopemaysurelychasedespondingfears

or

lethopeencouragedchasedespondingfears.

lamb,however,hadalreadyamendedthefifthline(asinblackwood's

magazine)to—

toyoungbeginningsnaturalarethesefears.

page93.linesaddressedtolieut.r.w.h.hardy,r.n.

firstprintedintheathenaeum,january10,1846,contributedbyananonymouscorrespondent(probablythomaswestwoodtheyounger)whosentalso"thefirstleafofspring"(page105).travelsintheinteriorofmexicoin1825…1828,byrobertwilliamhalehardy,waspublishedin1829.lambmadeanexceptioninfavourofhardy'sbook.writingtodilkeforsomethingtoreadfromtheathenaumoffice,in1833,heparticularlydesiredthat"nonaturalhistoryorusefullearning,suchaspyramids,catacombs,giraffes,oradventuresinsouthernafrica"mightbesent.

page94.linesforamonument….

firstprintedintheathenaeum,november5,1831,andagaininthetatler,hunt'spaper,december31,1831.inaugust,1830,foursonsandtwodaughtersofjohnandann,ofyork,weredrownedintheouse.severalliterarypersonswereaskedforinscriptionsforthemonument,erectedatyorkin1831,andthatbyjamesmontgomery,ofsheffield,waschosen.lambsenthisversestovincentnovello,throughwhomheseemstohavebeenapproachedinthematter,onnovember8,1830,adding:"willtheselinesdo?idespairofbetter.poormaryisinadeplorablestatehereatenfield."

page94.toc.aders,esq.