[December 1828]. Boyd, Hugh Stuart to Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.

              My dear Porsonia

If my head felt heavy when you were last here, I am pretty certain it was not caused by your reading quick. If it had been so, I should probably have told you of it without any ceremony. As the letter about Gregory, was written a good while ago, it may be necessary to remind you, that in the opening of it, you seemed to think that you had caused the heaviness in my head. I was much delighted with your remarks on Gregory’s Orations. But I am weary of writing and would rather talk than write about them. I wish that at your leisure, you would examine some of the passages in the unfinished book which I now send. Take good care of it, and don’t let it be mislaid or hurt. One sheet only was printed. I should like to know what you think of Gregory, as a Poet. In the first passage, you will find a description of a storm at sea, and a Prayer to Christ. Tell me what you think of them.