SD462. Henrietta Moulton-Barrett to Alfred Moulton-Barrett
Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 1, 333 (in part).
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May 20th [1823] [1]
To sweetest Alfred
On his birthday
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1
Apollo strike thy lyre again
Oh hail my brothers birth
And may he not my verse disdain
Which wishes him all joy & mirth.
2
Oh dearest Alfred may’st thou be
Upon the earth most blest
And may’st thou now & e’re love me
Altho’ my pen must rest
HBB
Address, on integral page: To / dearest three year old / On his birthday.
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Berg Collection.
1. Year provided by reference to Alfred’s age.
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