Digital Donne: the Online Variorum
The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 27, cont. (p.80) |
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ruption and want of those fundamentall parts whereof we consist, is Vice: and that Collectio stercorum, which is but the excrement of that corruption, is our Vanity and indis- cretion: both these have but one root in me, and must be pulled out at once, or ne- ver But I am so farre from digging to it, that I know not where it is, for it is not in mine eyes only, but in every sense, nor in my con- cupiscence only, but in every power and affection. Sir, I was willing to let you see how impotent a man you love, not to dis- hearten you from doing so still (for my vices are not infectious, nor wandring, they came not yesterday, nor mean to go away to day: they Inne not, but dwell in me, and see themselves so welcome, and find in me so good bad company of one another, that they will not change, especially to one not apprehensive, nor easily accessible) but I do it, that your counsell might cure me, and if you deny that, your example shal, for I will as much strive to be like you as I will wish to continue good. [CW: To] |
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