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Title] To C. Lamb MS. Letter, Dec. 1794: Effusion xxii. To a Friend, &c. 1796: To Charles Lamb with an unfinished Poem 1844.

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Thus far my sterile brain hath fram'd the song
Elaborate and swelling: but the heart
Not owns it. From thy spirit-breathing power

MS. Letter, Dec. 1794.

Not in MS. Letter, Dec. 1794.

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On her soft bosom I reposed my cares
And gain'd for every wound a healing tear.

MS. Letter, 1794.

a] his MS. Letter, 1794, 1796, 1797, 1803.

That shrink asham'd from even Friendship's eye. MS. Letter, 1794, 1796, 1797.

wak'd] woke MS. Letter, 1794, 1796, 1797, 1803.

warm] high: high] warm MS. Letter, 1794. presages] presagings 1803.

sainted] holy MS. Letter, 1794.

that] who MS. Letter, 1794.

To pour forth thanksgiving MS. Letter, 1794, 1796, 1797, 1803.