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INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR<br />
immediate and not personal, which hinders and<br />
disjoints what would otherwise have coherence and<br />
perhaps weight. I have left all my poems, including<br />
a short drama, with a friend, and I will write<br />
to him for them, when I shall send them either<br />
direct to Abercrombie or to you first.<br />
I believe in<br />
myself more as a poet than a painter ; I think I get<br />
more depth into my writing. I have only taken<br />
Donne with me, and don't feel for poetry much in<br />
this wretched place. There is not a book or paper<br />
here; we are not allowed to stir from the gate,<br />
have little to eat, and are not allowed<br />
to buy any<br />
if we have money, and are utterly wretched. (I<br />
mean the hospital.) If you could send me some<br />
novel or chocolates, you would make me very<br />
happy. 1 "'<br />
To Edward Marsh [from Bury St. Edmunds).<br />
" I received a letter to-day (sent over a week<br />
ago) from Abercrombie, and I feel very flushed<br />
about it. He says no one who tries to write<br />
poetry would help envying some of my writing.<br />
Since I wrote you I have had more mishaps. My<br />
feet now are the trouble. Do you know what<br />
privates' military boots are ? You are given a<br />
whole armourer's shop to wear ; but, <strong>by</strong> God ! in a<br />
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