The Works of Lord Byron Volume VII Part 112

502 _First in the ranks ill.u.s.trious shall be seen_.

First in the oat-fed phalanx shall be seen. 508

511 _As he himself was d.a.m.ned, shall try to d.a.m.n_.

d.a.m.ned like the Devil--Devil-like will d.a.m.n. 517

532 _And grateful to the founder of the feast_, 533 _Declare his landlord can translate, at least_, And, grateful for the dainties on his plate, 550 Declare his landlord can at least translate. 551

552 _While Kenny's World just suffered to proceed_, 553 _Proclaims the audience very kind indeed_.

While KENNY's "World"--ah! where is KENNY's wit?-- 570 Tires the sad gallery, lulls the listless Pit. 571

563 _Let Comedy resume her throne again_.

Let Comedy a.s.sume her throne again. 581

569 _Where_ GARRICK _trod, and_ KEMBLE _lives to tread_.

Where GARRICK trod, and SIDDONS lives to tread 587

614 _Raise not your scythe, Suppressors of our Vice_.

Whet not your scythe, Suppressors of our Vice. 632

625 _The Arbiter of pleasure and of play_.

Our arbiter of pleasure and of play. 643

661 _And, kinder still, a_ PAGET _for your wife_.

And, kinder still, two PAGETS for your wife. 679

728 _Want your defence, let Pity be your screen_.

Want is your plea, let Pity be your screen. 746

742 _Some stragglers skirmish round their columns still_.

Some stragglers skirmish round the columns still. 760

815 _The spoiler came; and all thy promise fair_ 816 _Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there_.

The Spoiler swept that soaring Lyre away, 834 Which else had sounded an immortal lay. 835

891 _The native genius with their feeling given_.

The native genius with their being given. 909

903 _Let MOORE be lewd; let STRANGFORD steal from Moore_.

Let MOORE still sigh; let STRANGFORD steal from MOORE. 921

922 _For outlawed SHERWOOD'S tales of ROBIN HOOD_.

For SHERWOOD'S outlaw tales of ROBIN HOOD. 940

946 _And even spurns the great Seatonian prize_.

Even from the tempting ore of Seaton's prize. 964

965 _So sunk in dullness and so lost in shame_, 966 _That SMYTHE and HODGSON scarce redeem thy fame_.

So lost to Phoebus, that nor Hodgson's verse 983 Can make thee better, nor poor Hewson's worse. 984

969 _On her green banks a greener wreath is wove_.

On her green banks a greener wreath she wove. 987

972 _And modern Britons justly praise their Sires_.

And modern Britons glory in their Sires. 990

984 _Earth's chief Dictatress, Ocean's mighty Queen_.

Earth's chief Dictatress, Ocean's lovely Queen. 1002

1005 _But should I back return, no lettered rage_ 1006 _Shall drag my common-place book on the stage_: 1007 _Let vain VALENTIA rival luckless CARR_, 1008 _And equal him whose work he sought to mar_.

But should I back return, no tempting press 1023 Shall drag my Journal from the desk's recess; 1024 Let c.o.xcombs, printing as they come from far, 1025 s.n.a.t.c.h his own wreath of Ridicule from Carr. 1026

1016 _I leave topography to cla.s.sic GELL._ I leave topography to rapid GELL. 1034

1018 _To stun mankind with Poesy or Prose_.

To stun the public ear--at least with Prose. 1036

1049 _Thus much I've dared to do; how far my lay_.

Thus much I've dared: if my incondite lay. 1067

_Note_ (3).--THE ANNOTATED COPIES OF THE FOURTH EDITION OF 1811.

Two annotated copies of the genuine Fourth Edition of _English Bards, etc._ [1811], with MS. corrections in Byron's handwriting, are extant--one in Mr. Murray's possession, and a second in the Forster Library at the South Kensington Museum. The former, which contains the marginal comments marked "B. 1816," has been a.s.sumed to have been prepared as a press copy for the Fifth Edition; but, as the following collation reveals, the latter, which belonged to Leigh Hunt, represents a fuller and later, though not a final revision. The half-t.i.tle bears the inscription, "Byron, Dec. 31^st^, 1811. N--d. A^y [_i.e._ Newstead Abbey] B.

"_Dum relego--scripsisse pudet--quia plurima cerno-- Me quoque--qui feci--judice digna lini_--B. J^y 20, 1812."

and the verso the words, "Given me by the author on my birthday, Oct.

19, 1815. Leigh Hunt."

u P. 5. ingen(-i-)ous. [The misprint is a note of a genuine copy.]

Lines 173, 174.

(-Low may they sink to merited contempt-) (-And scorn remunerate the mean attempt.-)

Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain, And sadly gaze on Gold they cannot gain.

[This emendation is not given in the Murray copy.]

Lines 257, 258.

So (-How-) well the subject suits his n.o.ble mind!

(-"A fellow feeling makes us wond'rous kind,"-) He brays the Laureat of the long-eared kind!

[The Murray copy, which amends line 258 as above, leaves the "How"

unerased, but the Fifth Edition prints "So."]

Lines 323-328.