SD1925.6. Robert Barrett Browning to Altham Surtees Cook

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 22, 235–236.

Paris.

May 8. 1856.

A Poem for Altham

Pretty little Altham,

I saw you with the goats,

And I turned back from the coach

And asked where you were going,

And you were fast asleep!

And I kissed you and I loved you

As much as I do now!

I know you are my friend,

I know you are my friend.

My dearest, my dearest,

My dear little friend!

I kiss you, and pat you,

I love you, I love you,

My dearest little friend!

I love you more and more!

Every moment,

And every hair!

I love you, I love you,

My dearest little friend.

Penini

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Armstrong Browning Library, Altham Archive.

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