Page 422. The End of May.
Mary Lamb. Talfourd writes, apparently with reference to this poem: "One verse, which she did not print—the conclusion of a little poem supposed to be expressed in a letter by the son of a family who, when expecting the return of its father from sea, received news of his death,—recited by her to Mr. Martin Burney, and retained in his fond recollection, may afford a concluding example of the healthful wisdom of her lessons:—
'I can no longer feign to be
A thoughtless child in infancy;
I tried to write like young Marie,
But I am James her brother;
And I can feel—but she's too young—
Yet blessings on her prattling tongue,
She sweetly soothes my mother.'"
Page 424. Feigned Courage.
(?) Charles Lamb.
Page 425. The Broken Doll.
(?) Mary Lamb.
Page 426. The Duty of a Brother.
(?) Mary Lamb, amended by Charles Lamb.
Page 427. Wasps in a Garden.