Edward Lear's Diaries

Slept better. A dark wholly gray day. Time driveth onward fast.

Aperiently finished Ζαγόρι & Φιλάτες.

Τὶ νὰ κάμωμεν;¹

Εἶδα, εἰς τὴν ἐφημερίδην [οτι] Σιρ Ζ. Ζόνγ πηγαίνει εἰς τάς Αὐζραλίας. — νὲα πρὰγματα εἰς ἐμὲ δὲν εἶναι, διότι τὰ ἥξευρα καλὰ πρῶτον.²

Also aperiently finished Philœ ― whereat, about 2.30 I became lively, & walked out beyond Walton towards Moulsey.³ Ἀλλ’ ἤτον κρύον!⁴

Found 2 letters, from S.W.C. Col. C. better, & dear Lady Hornby.

καὶ ἐπί πόσα ἐνθυμούμαι!⁵

Dinner. Penned out, & some Greek till 10.30.

[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]

1. What to do? (NB). [↩]
2. I saw in the newspaper [that] Sir J. John (?) is going to Australia ― this is not news to me, because I knew it well from the beginning (NB). [↩]
3. Molesey. [↩]
4. But it was cold! (NB). [↩]
5. And how many I remember! (NB). [↩]