Box Elder News Journal | 1905-09-14 | Page 7 | Letter by Thomas Hood

letter by thomas hood A letter ya written ritten by the poet thomas hood to lly very dear marianne latine changed hands at a public sale in london the other day tor for the consideration of the letter has the following quaint conclusion thero there la Is a tale of a little prince A who lie had a ruby heart and whatever lie wished on it was instantly granted but it Is not so 80 with mine neither have I 1 ilk lamp mp or it should have been scrubbed bright ere the chelmsford elmsford Cli ball but now it Is a dark n and the glory of 0 fairyland fairland Is bedimmed forever only abe flery fiery dragons remal remain n which are many and fearful earful and t the be black cats and the demons and imps and the ogres agres who are the booksellers except that they have no eyes in their their tore bore heads beads