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brown curling hair, his beautiful smile, and his 

 " wonderfully bright eyes, which seemed almost to 

 emit a soft light, when animated," in the midst of 

 congenial friends, was stimulated to do his best. 



Years after this, Wordsworth gave Dr. John 

 Davy a letter to Coleridge, on the back of which 

 he had written : " This from Davy, the great chem- 

 ist. It is an affectionate letter." 



" MY DEAR COLERIDGE, My mind is disturbed, 

 and my body harassed by many labors ; yet I can- 

 not suffer you to depart, without endeavoring to 

 express to you some of the unbroken and higher 

 feelings of my spirit, which have you at once for 

 their cause and object. 



" Years have passed away since we first met ; 

 and your presence, and recollections with regard to 

 you, have afforded me continued sources of enjoy- 

 ment. Some of the better feelings of my nature 

 have been elevated by your converse, and thoughts 

 which you have nursed have been to me an eternal 

 source of consolation. 



" In whatever part of the world you are, you will 

 often live with me, not as a fleeting idea, but as a 

 recollection possessed of creative energy, as an 

 imagination winged with fire, inspiring and re- 

 joicing. . . . 



" May blessings attend you, my dear friend ! Do 

 not forget me : we live for different ends, and with 

 different habits and pursuits ; but our feelings with 

 regard to each other have, I believe, never altered. 

 They must continue; they can have no natural 



