THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.

Dec 27 [1955]

Dear both of you

Those lovely handkerchiefs will stand in good stead when the winter storms blow and the pencils when the milk freezes.¹
Thank you so much for both & love & a happy New Year
from

Ralph

1. An allusion to Shakespeare’s poem ‘When icicles hang by the wall’ (Love’s Labour Lost v sc 2) ‘… and milk comes frozen home in pail … when all aloud the wind doth blow’.