Creator
Ina Coolbrith
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
Mother was taken violently ill, - So ill as to make me tremble for the result, - and in the care of her, and the crowding of my many other duties, I have had no time nor thought for anything else. I have been able to give the Library only one hour – in the evening – and into that have condensed the work of the [underlined: ten], daily ex= pected of me. O John Muir! John Muir! Bless the destiny which has permitted you to wander through such[!?] “ways of pleasantness”; for were you to change with me even for a little space, with no more hope of escape, I doubt if you would accept existence longer, at such heavy cost! ………. Well, it was a balsamy little let= =ter that you sent me, tho’ if you could have enclosed “a lake or a mountain”, or even a cup of cold, life-giving water from the one,
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considered: which is, that the te[underlined: ac]her’s occupation is never gone, and he therefore need have no fear of being discharged! My time is up, and I’ve given you absolutely nothing, - have nothing to give! No note of song to sing you, No single flower to fling you, — But these, O, happy wanderer, you will not mind, nor miss; Since forest-land and meadow Aare yours, with sun and shadow, With bird-song, brook-song, breath of flowers, and all that in them is!
Ina [ Cootfrith?]
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Location
[place unknown]
Circa Date
[1876]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Coolbrith, Ina D., "Letter from Ina Coolbrith to [John Muir], [ca. 1876]." (1876). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 358.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/358
Resource Identifier
muir03_0472-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0471
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
