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“TheWorksofCharlesandMaryLamb—Volume6（.shg.tw）”

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LETTER348

CHARLESLAMBTOW.MARTER[Datedatend:July19（1824）.]

DearMarter，—Ihavejustrecdyourletter，havingreturnedfromamonthsholydays.MyexertionsfortheLondonare，thonotdead，inadeadsleepforthepresent.Ifyourclublikescandal，Blackwoodsisyourmagazine;ifyoupreferlightarticles，andhumorouswithoutoffence，theNewMonthlyisveryamusing.ThebestofitisbyHoraceSmith，theauthoroftheRejectedAddresses.TheOldMonthlyhasmoreofmatter，information，butnotsomerry.Icannotsafelyremendanyothers，asnotknowingthem，orknowingthemtotheirdisadvantage.OfReviews，besidewhatyoumention，IknowofnoneexcepttheReviewonHounslowHeath，whichItakeitistooexpensiveforyourordering.Pityme，thathavebeenaGentlemanthesefourweeks，andamreducedinonedaytothestateofareadywriter.Ifeel，Ifeel，mygentlemanlyqualitiesfastoozingaway—suchasasenseofhonour，neckclothstwiceaday，abstinencefromswearing，&c.Thedeskentersintomysoul.

SeemythoughtsonbusinessnextPage.

SONNET

Whofirstinventedwork?—andboundthefree

Andholyday-rejoicingSpiritdown

Totheever-hauntingimportunity

OfBusinessinthegreenfields，andtheTown—

Toplough，loom，[anvil]，spade，and（ohmostsad!）

Tothisdrydrudgeryofthedesksdeadwood?

WhobuttheBeingunblest，alienfromgood，

SabbathlessSatan!He，whohisunglad

Taskeverpliesmidrotatoryburnings，

Thatroundandroundincalculablyreel—

Forwrathdivinehathmadehimlikeawheel—

Inthatredrealmfromwhencearenoreturnings;

Wheretoiling&turmoilingever&aye

HeandhisThoughtskeeppensiveworky-day.

Withmanyrecollectionsofpleasantertimes，myoldpeer，happilyreleasedbeforeme，Adieu.C.LAMB.

E.I.H.

19July[1824].

[MarterwasanoldIndiaHouseclerk;wedonotmeetwithhimagain.ThesonnethadbeenprintedinTheExaminerin1819.Lamb，whowasfondofit，reprinteditinAlbumVerses，1830.]