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  1. 12. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, [begun 4 June 1792] 

    March 2009 12. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, [begun 4 June 1792] ⁠*   My dear friend Pestered yesterday with the Athanasian creed  [1]   & a sermon in defence of incomprehensibility besides the epistle from the Revelations. believe me I lost all ...

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  2. 22. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, [c. summer/ autumn 1792] 

    March 2009 22. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, [c. summer/ autumn 1792] ⁠*   Collins, if yet remembrance can remain If Friendship still may plead, nor plead in vain If yet this hand is dear — attend — attend And lay aside your Homer for your friend. St ...

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  3. 56. Robert Southey and Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Charles Collins, 16 September 1793 

    March 2009 56. Robert Southey and Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Charles Collins, 16 September 1793 ⁠*   Mighty mirror of the age Pretty Plato — cubic sage Soul of music-honourd grace Of Alma Maters powderd race With thy breeches made of silk And thy skin a ...

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  4. 6. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, [c. 16 April 1792]

    March 2009 6. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, [c. 16 April 1792] ⁠*   To Ignorance___________ Parent of happiness — thou well-wig’d god With staring eye & solemn stedfast gait — Come with thy book — thy beads & sceptre rod Come in despotic, dul ...

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  5. 2. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, 10 [–11] December 1791 

    March 2009 2. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, 10 [–11] December 1791 ⁠*   Bath. Saturday. December 10 – 1791. Dear Collins The first hours of my arrival are devoted to you & you will excuse the inaccuries which fall from the pen of one tormented wi ...

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  6. 39. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, 12 [–13] January [1793] 

    March 2009 39. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, 12 [–13] January [1793] ⁠*   Saturday. Jan y 12. 7 in the evening. Bristol. 1 Farewell to Westminster — my friend is gone The bands that held me once so close — no more. Shivering at morn no more I wait fo ...

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  7. 45. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, [31 March 1793] 

    March 2009 45. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, [31 March 1793] ⁠*   Ledbury. Herefordshire. Easter Sunday. Had I my dear Collins the pen of Rousseau I would attempt to describe the various scenes which have presented themselves to me & the various ...

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  8. 58. Robert Southey and Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Charles Collins, 26 September 1793 

    March 2009 58. Robert Southey and Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Charles Collins, 26 September 1793 ⁠*   Brixton. Thurs. Sept. 26. 1793. the evening we receivd yours. —————— Was it the thunders as they pass? Was it the braying of an ass? Or was it from the ...

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  9. 64. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, 30 October–7 November 1793 

    March 2009 64. Robert Southey to Charles Collins, 30 October–7 November 1793 ⁠*   Bristol. College Green. Wedn. <October> 30. 1793. —————— To those sage banks where lay-hymnd Isis glides Where sober Science in each dome presides With virtuous Wisdom ...

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