SD446. Edward Moulton-Barrett (brother) to Charles John Moulton-Barrett
Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 1, 333 (in part).
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[28 December] [?1822]
To
my dearest Stormy
on
his birthday
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Hail wreathed snows, hail winter’s icy chains
At whose dread nod, no more the fertile plains
Smile rich with golden harvest, & no more
The rippling waters kiss the verdant shore.
Yet men rejoice and from each glistning eye
Joy beams like sunshine in a summer sky.
If others hearts then feel such joy, and mirth,
We should feel double at a brother’s birth.
To you dear Storm may virtue then be giv’n
The best of gifts bestowed by bounteous heaven.
EMB.
Address, on integral page: Master C. J. Barrett / Hope End / Ledbury.
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Berg Collection.
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