SD624. Samuel Moulton-Barrett (brother) to Edward Moulton-Barrett (father)
Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 2, 348 (in part).
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[28 May] [?1827]
To dearest Papa
On
his birthday
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This happy day at last has now appeared,
And you have beauteous grown by your black beard,
Years may you pass in this delightful way,
Until in earth your chin shall turn to clay.
But this is not the proper time to write
About your bones, and chin becoming white,
A brighter subject I will now pursue,
And wish this day may oft return to you.
This is the happiest day of all the year,
And many a pot of nut brown home brewed beer,
I’ll swig, on this the twenty eightth [sic] of May,
To drink your health, and pass the time away.
Your ever affectionate
Sam.
Shakespeare. Hem!!!!!
Address, on integral page: E M Barrett Esqr / Hope-End / Ledbury.
Publication: Marks, pp. 302–303.
Manuscript: Wellesley College.
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