This Memorial was erected by friends of Robert Southey.
Alteration in the Epitaph—
… He to Heaven was vowed
Through a life long and pure; and Christian faith
Calmed in his soul the fear of change and death.—W.W.
December the 6th.
My dear Mr. Justice Coleridge,
Notwithstanding what I have written before, I could not but wish to meet your wishes upon the points which you mentioned, and, accordingly, have added and altered as on the other side of this paper. If you approve don’t trouble yourself to answer.
Ever faithfully yours,