You are too kind to me my dear cousin, as it is your custom to be–
I send ‘Pan’ back to you, much the better for your suggestions in spite of my obstinacies; and if any of the alterations still appear to you insufficient I will try to do them over again– In the meantime you will observe a new stanza—for upon consideration, I did not see why poor Bacchus shd be left out, being as good a god as another.
I keep your having sent me the eau de Cologne a profound secret from Flush, seeing
[28 March 1843]. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett to Kenyon, John.
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1843-03-28
Author
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
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Kenyon, John
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You are too kind to me my dear cousin, as it is your custom to be–
I send ‘Pan’ back to you, much the better for your suggestions in spite of my obstinacies; and if any of the alterations still appear to you insufficient I will try to do them over again– In the meantime you will observe a new stanza—for upon consideration, I did not see why poor Bacchus shd be left out, being as good a god as another.
I keep your having sent me the eau de Cologne a profound secret from Flush, seeing