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 telling me whether I should write on, or write no more. Forgive undue warmth, because my feelings in this matter cannot be cool; and believe me, sir, with deep respect, "Your really humble servant, "P. B. ."

The poetry enclosed seems to me by no means equal to parts of the letter; but, as everyone likes to judge for himself, I copy the six opening stanzas—about a third of the whole, and certainly not the worst.