BRACERS Record Detail for 57209
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Conrad comes soon for the summer holidays, "full of his mother's sufferings and my sins. Hitherto, I have had a pleasant summer—solitude and agreeable work, interspersed with Kings etc. No ladies! Tonight I dine with an exiled Countess, but she is 60." Poetry.
BR TO IRINA STICKLAND, 20 JULY 1949
BRACERS 57209. ALS. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell
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Penralltgoch
Llan Ffestiniog
Merioneth
July 20, 1949
My dear Irina
Very many thanks for the lovely cake, the charming picture of yourself and the twins, and your very nice letter.
In a few days Conrad comes for the summer holidays — I don’t look forward to it, as he is full of his mother’s sufferings and my sins. Hitherto, I have had a pleasant summer — solitude and agreeable work, interspersed with Kings etc. No ladies! Tonight I dine with an exiled Countess, but she is 60.
I like what you say about English poets putting good lines in bad poems. The opposite too, e.g.
“O my prophetic soul, my Uncle!”
and “No fear lest dinner cool”.
and “The solid rules of civil government”.
Donna particularly illustrates your point. E.g.
“At the round earth’s imagined corners blow your trumpets.”
Questiona for a logic paper: what should they do if they wanted to obey?
Goodbye with love to all three.
B
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