Life And Letters Of Maria Edgeworth/Volume 2/Letter 100

To MRS. R. BUTLER.

DUNMOE COTTAGE, Nov. 28, 1834.

I have got the cushions, and am sitting on one of them, and Sophy and Margaret like them, and think how happy I am, though it is pouring rain, which affects my happiness very little, except for the boy's sake who is to carry this. I have some boy-anity.

The glorious orb the day refines,
The gossoon warms his shins and dines.