4347. EBB to Sophia Eckley

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 26, 75–76.

[Rome]

[ca. 1 March 1859] [1]

Again & again in my stupidity have I forgotten to give back this book– Dearest dear Sophie, and I cant write. Come to help me through the day, if by coming you dont hurt yourself—in which case you wont help me.

Your

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Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Berg Collection.

1. Approximate dating based on EBB’s reference to returning a book, perhaps the same book mentioned in letter 4348.

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