TALBOT5047

August 28 1844

My dear Talbot –

on sitting down yesterday evening to copy out the Melodies for you, I came at once to a full stop owing to the shape of the paper, which taken in its oblong form will not take contain such lines as

“Dear Harp of my country in darkness I found thee”¹

and turned the other way, will not suit the shape of of [sic] your book. So, I must wait till you enlighten – or, I should say photogenize – me on the subject.²

I am sighing to see Lady Elisabeth.³

Ever yours
T. Moore

[envelope:]
Henry F. Talbot Esq^r
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham