Robert Southey; the Story of His Life Written in His Letters
Robert Southey; the Story of His Life Written in His Letters
Southey Robert
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It will be long before I shall find myself so ; and if life had no duties, I should be very far from desiring its continuance for the sake of any enjoyments which it can possibly have in store. I have the same sort of feeling that a man who is fondly attached to his family has when absent from them, — as if I were on a journey. I yearn, perhaps more than I ought to do, to be at home and at rest. Yet what abundant cause have I for thankfulness, possessing as I do so many blessings, that I should... think no man could possi- bly be happier, if I had not been so much happier myself. Do not think that I give way to such feelings ; far less that I encourage them, or am weak enough to repine. What is lost in possession is given me in hope. I am now in my forty-third year: both my parents died in their fiftieth. Should my lease be continued to that term, there is a fair prospect of leaving my family well pro- vided for ; and let it fall when it may, a decent provision is secured. Befoi*o this object was at- tained, great natural cheerfulness saved me from any anxiety on this score, and there happily exists Digitized by Google THE 8TOET OF SOUTHEY'S LITE.
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