12. EBB to Edward Moulton-Barrett (father)
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 1, 11.
[Hope End]
To my dearest Papa 27th April 1814
Sweet Parent! dear to me as kind
Who sowed the very bottom of my mind,
And raised the very inmost of my heart,
To taste the sweets of Nature, you impart!
I hope you will let us drink tea with you & have your fiddle tonight–
Your dear child Elizabeth.
an answer to the Nursery–
Publication: HUP, I, 36 (from copy in Mary Moulton-Barrett’s hand, Huntington Library).
Source: EBB’s fair copy in “Poems by EBB,” Berg Collection.
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