SD478. Arabella Moulton-Barrett to Alfred Moulton-Barrett
Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 1, 335 (in part).
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May 20th 1824
To my dearest Alfred
On his birthday
May 20th 1824
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Hail dearest boy, this is your birth
You are as good a child as e’er lived on earth
Your features beauteous, fair and mild
Thou art indeed a lovely child
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But come let’s greet this happy birth
In goodness, jollyness and mirth
Apollo come, and give me a line
I hope also this day be fine
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Indeed, indeed, this is a happy day,
So let us spend it merrily away.
Mind always love your Arabell,
And I’ll love you, so Farewell.
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Address, on integral page: To / The King of the Day / Breakfast room.
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Gordon E. Moulton-Barrett.
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