The series
contains
also a reply to one of
Donne's letters.
Donne's letters.
John Donne
47.
_I, which doe soe.
_ The edition of 1633 reads, 'I, which to
you', making a logical and grammatical construction of the sentence
impossible. The editor has failed to note that the personal reference
of 'owe' is supplied in l. 45, 'To whom'. 'I, which doe so' means 'I,
who contemplate you'.
PAGE =203=. TO M^r T. W.
_To M^r T. W. _ The group of letters which begins with this I have
arranged according to the order in which they are found in _W_, Mr.
Gosse's Westmoreland MS. In this MS. a better text of these poems is
given than that of _1633_; lines are supplied which have been dropped,
and a few whole letters.
The series contains also a reply to one of
Donne's letters. For these reasons it seems to me preferable to follow
an order which _may_ correspond to the order of composition.
In _1633_, which follows _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD_, the letters are
headed M. T. W. , M. R. W. , &c. , 'M' standing, as often, for 'Mr. '
Seeing, however, that 'Mr. ' is the general form in _W_, I have used it
as clearer.
The first of the letters has been headed hitherto To M. I. W. , and
Mr.
you', making a logical and grammatical construction of the sentence
impossible. The editor has failed to note that the personal reference
of 'owe' is supplied in l. 45, 'To whom'. 'I, which doe so' means 'I,
who contemplate you'.
PAGE =203=. TO M^r T. W.
_To M^r T. W. _ The group of letters which begins with this I have
arranged according to the order in which they are found in _W_, Mr.
Gosse's Westmoreland MS. In this MS. a better text of these poems is
given than that of _1633_; lines are supplied which have been dropped,
and a few whole letters.
The series contains also a reply to one of
Donne's letters. For these reasons it seems to me preferable to follow
an order which _may_ correspond to the order of composition.
In _1633_, which follows _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD_, the letters are
headed M. T. W. , M. R. W. , &c. , 'M' standing, as often, for 'Mr. '
Seeing, however, that 'Mr. ' is the general form in _W_, I have used it
as clearer.
The first of the letters has been headed hitherto To M. I. W. , and
Mr.
