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had furnished the treat we were enjoying , was speaking more intfito& ^ tonm m % rM-r ^^ M "C ^ fmfk ^^ ^ supper went ; and at last it was time For oleridge to go too , for he had the walk to Highgate aft "before him . His friend begged earnestly that he might walk with chimy hud without avail . There was an affectionate parting , ? is if tjh ^ j liad been boys rather than men . and it seemed to concentrate their lives into that minute .
It recalled the meetings and partings of other days ; the wander r ings by the Jakes ; the many minglings in social union , ; a whole host of recollections seemed to crowd around and enclose them in a nictgic circle ? . Coleridge lingered on the threshold , ras if he w , ere . leaving what had been a part of his heart ' s home&r many years ; and again he who had been his companion iivmanya mountain ramble , many a stroll * in dale , forest , and , mead , by pared ^ fo untain and by rushy brook , and on the beached margent ?
of t ? he Se a > would lain have kept up the old companionship even though it was night , and the way had no such temptations . Aiiotner , grasp of the hand , and a kiss of affection © ii Mary ' s chefekj 4 na he was gone . I never saw him again ; and Charles Lamb and his sister but once since ; and that was a few months ago . in the street . He had aged considerably , hu \ it scarcely excitecL Erjelanc ^ oly , for Mary was with him like a good guardian arjigeL ( They had that same country air freshness about tfem ; Jt ) i $ y . Jppked unlike everything around ; there ? was . an elderly r ^ pect ^ bijity about them ; not the modern upstart * prig of a word ^ but the genuine old china , old plate , bright , black ,
mahogany air , which is now almost departed . I wat&h £ d them earae ^ tlyj a vague feeling that it was something I should never seje a ^ airi ; Nand so it has happened . He has followed his friend , and ^ h Jtime hi , s sister will follovv him ; and thus goes the world . T £ e ^ Js& ^ 4 ^ : ' jS ° P ^ those we M hav e looked up to from our C [^ ?^ -W ^ ° % or our reac h ^ liKe the ^ stars a 8 f » vSfe ^ , MCT ^ WSt 9 y . ^ ^ iu v ^ n jQ know , yanish % ^^|} SfW ? a Wr ^ us in darkness—no , uqt in dar ^ nes ^—W ^ F ^ Wsi . ft ^ y ^ fc ot fW 9 wed them ; they live ancljbreathe ^^ and ip fe ^^ W jl ^ ija ^ d j ^ rQath into those who come after th ^ m ; and fill
m ^ ny ^ mQreva . ri ?> iri ^ inff « tp their places , and the world is daily becdmipi ^ ^ xurer and holier throu gh their influence . Peace and a benediction upon their memories !
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16 S An Evening with Cheirfas Lamb and Coleridge .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1835, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2643/page/24/
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