Best of friends,
Please let me have two words to say whether you have received a parcel sent from here on February 11 and containing several copies of my new poem, The Ring of the Nibelung. I had hoped that it would reach you before the 16th, but your letter makes no mention of it. I am very anxious about this, because it has spoiled a great pleasure for me. Therefore, one word, please!
Richard Wagner
Source: Project Gutenberg eBook #3835, Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1, No. 100