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"Soon as thy letters trembling I unclose, That well-known name awakens all my woes."
"I have a letter from her Of such contents as you will wonder at: The mirth whereof so larded with my matter, That neither singly can be manifested, Without the show of both."

The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal systems have generally been established as a government monopoly, with a fee on the article prepaid. Proof of payment is usually in the form of an adhesive post
"Soon as thy letters trembling I unclose, That well-known name awakens all my woes."
"Heavn first taught letters for some wretchs aid, Some banishd lover, or some captive maid."
"Here are a few of the unpleasantst words That over blotted paper!"
"Let me hear from thee by letters."
"I read Of that glad year that once had been, In those falln leaves which kept their green, The noble letters of the dead: And strangely on the silence broke The silent-speaking words."
"s innovations—charging by weight (instead of number of letter sheets), prepayment, and a uniform low rate of postage—long predated and provided a successful local-scale molde for Victorian postal reform."