Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon, [1 June 1832]
I AM a little more than half alive—
I was more than half dead—
the Ladies are very agreeable—
I flatter myself I am less than
disagreeable—
Convey this to Mr. Forster—
Whom, with you, I shall just be able to
see some 10 days hence and believe me ever yours
I take Forster’s name to be John,
But you know whom I mean,
the Pym-praiser
not pimp-raiser.
John Forster (1812-1876)
English man of letters and friend of Charles Lamb and Leigh Hunt who was editor of
The Examiner (1847-55) and the biographer of Goldsmith (1854),
Landor (1869), and Dickens (1872-74).
John Pym (1584-1643)
English politician; a leader of the Puritan faction in the Short and Long
Parliaments.