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Byron's Poetical Works.Vol. 1.by Byron.PREFACE TO THE POEMS.The text of the present issue of Lord Byron's Poetical Works is based on that of 'The Works of Lord Byron', in six volumes, 12mo, which was published by John Murray in 1831. T
- 138 And Counsel sage, and patriotic Zeal-- The Veteran's skill--Youth's fire--and Manhood's heart of steel?LIV.Is it for this the Spanish maid, aroused, Hangs on the willow her unstrung guitar, And, all uns.e.xed, the Anlace[76] hath espoused,
- 137 Lo! where the Giant on the mountain stands, His blood-red tresses deepening in the Sun, With death-shot glowing in his fiery hands, And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon; Restless it rolls, now fixed, and now anon Flas.h.i.+ng afar,--and at his iron f
- 136 With diadem hight Foolscap, lo! a Fiend, A little Fiend that scoffs incessantly, There sits in parchment robe arrayed, and by[bf]His side is hung a seal and sable scroll, Where blazoned glare names known to chivalry,[bg]And sundry signatures adorn the rol
- 135 Why dost thou look so pale?Or dost thou dread a French foeman?Or s.h.i.+ver at the gale?"-- 'Deem'st thou I tremble for my life?Sir Childe, I'm not so weak; But thinking on an absent wife Will blanch a faithful cheek.7.'My spouse
- 134 Childe Harold basked him in the Noontide sun,[r]Disporting there like any other fly; Nor deemed before his little day was done One blast might chill him into misery.But long ere scarce a third of his pa.s.sed by, Worse than Adversity the Childe befell; He
- 133 The Works of Lord Byron.Volume 2.by George Gordon Byron.PREFACE TO THE SECOND VOLUME.The text of the present edition of _Childe Harold's Pilgrimage_ is based upon a collation of volume i. of the Library Edition, 1855, with the following MSS.: (i.) th
- 132 [Footnote iv: As much of Heyne as should not sink the packet. [MS. M.]] [Footnote v: Who in your daughters daughters yet survive Like Banquos spirit be yourselves alive. [MS. M.]] [Footnote vi: Elysiums ill exchanged for that you lost. [MS. M.]] [Footnote
- 131 I, "Country-dances! jigs and reels! ... A minuet I could have forgiven ... Zounds! had she made one in a cotillon--I believe I could have forgiven even that--but to be monkey-led for a night! to run the gauntlet through a string of amorous palming pu
- 130 [Footnote 2: Lines 15-28 do not appear in the MS., but ten lines (omitting lines 21-24) were inserted in Proof No. 1.][Footnote 3: To rival Lord Wellesley's, or his nephew's, as the reader pleases:--the one gained a pretty woman, whom he deserve
- 129 [Footnote 2: More expressive.--[_MS_.][Footnote 3: My Latin is all forgotten, if a man can be said to have forgotten what he never remembered; but I bought my t.i.tle-page motto of a Catholic priest for a three-s.h.i.+lling bank token, after much haggling
- 128 INTRODUCTION TO 'THE WALTZ'Byron spent the autumn of 1812 "by the waters of Cheltenham," and, besides writing to order his 'Song of Drury Lane' (the address spoken at the opening of the theatre, Oct. 10, 1812), he put in hand
- 127 [Footnote vii: How sweet and Silent, not a pa.s.sing cloud Hides her fair face with intervening shroud. [MS.]] [Footnote viii: seems to smile, [Corsair, III. st. i. 1. 54.]] [Footnote ix: Sad shrine. [MS.]] [Footnote x: Welcome to slaves, and foremost. [M
- 126 [Footnote 13: Mr. West, on seeing the "Elgin Collection," (I suppose we shall hear of the "Abershaw" and "Jack Shephard" collection) declared himself a "mere tyro" in art.[Compare Letters of Benjamin West to the Ear
- 125 So may ye peris.h.!.+--Pallas, when she gave Your free-born rights, forbade ye to enslave."Look on your Spain!--she clasps the hand she hates, But boldly clasps, and thrusts you from her gates. 230 Bear witness, bright Barossa! [19] thou canst tell W
- 124 Other travellers of less authority than Clarke--Dodwell, for instance, who visited the Parthenon before it had been dismantled, and, afterwards, was present at the removal of metopes; and Hughes, who came after Byron (autumn, 1813)--make use of such phras
- 123 THE CURSE OF MINERVA.--"Pallas te hoc vulnere, Pallas Immolat, et poenam scelerato ex sanguine sumit."_Aeneid_, lib. xii, 947, 948.NOTE I.In 'The Malediction of Minerva (New Monthly Magazine', vol. iii. p. 240) additional footnotes are
- 122 Adds a weeks growth to his enormous ears. [MS. M. erased.]] [Footnote xcvi: But what are these? Benefits might bind Some decent ties about a manly mind. [MS. M.]] [Footnote xcvii: Our modern sceptics can no more allow. [MS. L. (a).]] [Footnote xcviii: Som
- 121 [Sub-Footnote A: "The Devil and Jeffrey are here placed ant.i.thetically to G.o.ds and men, such being their usual position, and their due one--according to the facetious saying, 'If G.o.d won't take you, the Devil must;' and I am sure
- 120 Babe of old Thelusson [A]----. [MS. L. (a and b).]] [Sub-Footnote A: [Peter Isaac Th.e.l.lusson, banker (died July 21, 1797), by his will directed that his property should acc.u.mulate for the benefit of the unborn heir of an unborn grandson. The will was
- 119 But after toil-inked thumbs and bitten nails Scratched head, ten quires--the easy scribbler fails.-- [MS. L. (a).] [Footnote lix: The one too rustic, tother too refined. [MS. L. (a and b).]] [Footnotes lx: Offensive most to men with house and land Possess
- 118 [Footnote xlvii: Our Giant Capital where streets still spread Where once our simpler sins were bred. [MS. L. (a).] Our fields where once the rustic earned his bread. [MS. L. (b).]] [Footnote xlviii: Aches with the Orchestra he pays to hear. [MS. M.]] [Foo
- 117 [Footnote x.x.xv: And Vice buds forth developed with his Teens. [MS. M.]] [Footnote x.x.xvi: The beardless Tyro freed at length from school. [MSS. L. (b), M. erased.] And blus.h.i.+ng Birch disdains all College rule. [MS. M. erased.] And dreaded Birch. [M
- 116 [Proof b, British Museum.]] [Footnote xxi: As Custom fluctuates whose Iron Sway Though ever changing Mortals must obey. [MS. M.]] [Footnote xxii: To mark the Majesty of Epic song. [MS. L. (a).]] [Footnote xxiii: But which is preferable rhyme or blank Whic
- 115 or, Which wraps presumption. [MS. M. erased.]] [Footnote viii: As when the poet to description yields Of waters gliding through the goodly fields; The Groves of Granta and her Gothic Halls, Oxford and Christchurch, London and St. Pauls, Or with a ruder fl
- 114 [Footnote 79: On his table were found these words:--"What Cato did, and Addison approved, cannot be wrong." But Addison did not "approve;" and if he had, it would not have mended the matter. He had invited his daughter on the same wate
- 113 [Footnote 66: Lines 689-696 are not in 'MS. L. (a)' or 'MS. L. (b)'.][Footnote 67: 'MS. L.' ('a' and 'b') continue at line 758.][Footnote 68: "Tum quoque marmorea caput a cervice revulsum, Gurgite c.u
- 112 'Some Thoughts concerning Education', by John Locke (1880), p. 152.]][Footnote 49: "Iro pauperior:" a proverb: this is the same beggar who boxed with Ulysses for a pound of kid's fry, which he lost and half a dozen teeth besides.
- 111 [Footnote 33: His speech on the Licensing Act [in which he opposed the Bill], is reckoned one of his most eloquent efforts.[The following sentences have been extracted from the speech which was delivered:-- "The bill is not only an encroachment upon
- 110 2dly, Batteux: "Mais il est bien difficile de donner des traits propres et individuels aux etres purement possibles."3dly, Dacier: "Il est difficile de traiter convenablement ces caracteres que tout le monde peut inventer."Mr. Sevigne&
- 109 [Footnote 3: "While pure Description held the place of Sense."-- Pope, _Prol. to the Sat.,_ L. 148."While Mr. Sol decked out all so glorious s.h.i.+nes like a Beau in his Birthday Embroidery."[Fielding, _Tom Thumb_, act i. sc. I.]--[_M
- 108 Cash cannot quell them; Pollio played this prank, [xci](Then Phoebus first found credit in a Bank!) Not all the living only, but the dead, Fool on, as fluent as an Orpheus' Head; [68] 720 d.a.m.ned all their days, they posthumously thrive, Dug up fro
- 107 And, blunt myself, give edge to other's steel, Nor write at all, unless to teach the art To those rehearsing for the Poet's part; From Horace show the pleasing paths of song, [lxix], And from my own example--what is wrong. 490 Though modern prac
- 106 Launched into life, extinct his early fire, He apes the selfish prudence of his Sire; Marries for money, chooses friends for rank, Buys land, and shrewdly trusts not to the Bank; Sits in the Senate; gets a son and heir; Sends him to Harrow--for himself wa
- 105 May shoot a little with a lengthened bow; We claim this mutual mercy for our task, And grant in turn the pardon which we ask; But make not monsters spring from gentle dams-- Birds breed not vipers, tigers nurse not lambs. 20 A laboured, long Exordium, som
- 104 POSTSCRIPT TO THE SECOND EDITION.I have been informed, since the present edition went to the press, that my trusty and well-beloved cousins, the Edinburgh Reviewers, are preparing a most vehement critique on my poor, gentle, 'unresisting'Muse, w
- 103 ['MS. British Bards.'][Sub-Footnote A: William Smyth (1766-1849). Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, published his 'English Lyrics' (in 1806), and several other works.][Footnote lxix: 'Yet hold--as when by Heaven's sup
- 102 From Albions cliffs to Caledonias coast. Some few who know to write as well as feel. [MS.]] [Footnote lvi: The spoiler came; and all thy promise fair Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there.-- [First to Fourth Editions]] [Footnote lvii: On him may m
- 101 [Footnote xlii: While Kennys World just suffered to proceed Proclaims the audience very kind indeed.-- [MS. British Bards. First to Fourth Editions.]] [Footnote xliii: Resume her throne again.-- [MS. British Bards. First to Fourth Editions.]] [Footnote xl
- 100 [Footnote xxix: But to soft themes. [British Bards, First Edition.] ] [Footnote x.x.x: The Bard has wove. [British Bards.] ] [Footnote x.x.xi: If Pope, since mortal, not untaught to err Again demand a dull biographer. [MS.]] [Footnote x.x.xii: Too much in
- 99 [MS. First to Fourth Editions]] [Footnote xvi: --though lesser bards content-- [British Bards] [Footnote xvii: How well the subject. [MS. First to Fourth Editions.]] [Footnote xviii: A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.-- [British Bards, First to Four
- 98 [Footnote ii: But thou, at least, mine own especial quill Dipt in the dew drops from Parna.s.sus hill, Shalt ever honoured and regarded be, By more beside no doubt, yet still by me. [MS. M.] ] [Footnote iii: And men through life her willing slaves obey. [
- 97 In August, 1808 (iii. 78-86), there is a critique on 'Poems Original and Translated', in which the bear plays many parts. The writer "is without his bear and is himself muzzled," etc. Towards the close of the article a solemn sentence
- 96 [Footnote 130: Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge, in October 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the pursuit of studies that would have matured a mind which disease and poverty could not impair, and which Death itself destroyed rather than subd
- 95 Before, however, the revised Satire was sent to the press, Carlisle ignored his cousin's request to introduce him on taking his seat in the House of Lords, and, to avenge the slight, eighteen lines of castigation supplanted the flattering couplet. Lo
- 94 [Footnote 89: In all editions, previous to the fifth, it was, "Kemble lives to tread." Byron used to say, that, of actors, "Cooke was the most natural, Kemble the most supernatural, Kean the medium between the two; but that Mrs. Siddons was
- 93 One of the princ.i.p.al pieces is a 'Song on the Recovery of Thor's Hammer': the translation is a pleasant chant in the vulgar tongue, and endeth thus:-- "Instead of money and rings, I wot, The hammer's bruises were her lot.Thus O
- 92 [Book III. II. 165, 166, Pope wrote, "And makes night," etc.]][Footnote 53: See Bowles's late edition of Pope's works, for which he received three hundred pounds. [Twelve hundred guineas.--'British Bards'.] Thus Mr. B. has ex
- 91 To judge from his letters to his mother and other evidence (Scott's testimony, for instance), he was a kindly, well-intentioned man, but lacking in humour. When his father condemned the indecency of the 'Monk', he a.s.sured him "that h
- 90 Both publishers eagerly accepted the proposal.""A severe and unjust review of 'Marmion' by Jeffrey appeared in [the 'Edinburgh Review' for April] 1808, accusing Scott of a mercenary spirit in writing for money. ... Scott was
- 89 [Footnote 9: The proverbial "Joe" Miller, an actor by profession (1684-1738), was a man of no education, and is said to have been unable to read. His reputation rests mainly on the book of jests compiled after his death, and attributed to him by
- 88 When Fame's loud trump hath blown its n.o.blest blast, Though long the sound, the echo sleeps at last; And glory, like the Phoenix [145] midst her fires, Exhales her odours, blazes, and expires. 960 Shall h.o.a.ry Granta call her sable sons, Expert i
- 87 Of piteous ruin, which ourselves have made; In Plenty's suns.h.i.+ne Fortune's minions bask, Nor think of Poverty, except "en masque," [100]When for the night some lately t.i.tled a.s.s Appears the beggar which his grandsire was, The c
- 86 Oh, AMOS COTTLE!--Phoebus! what a name To fill the speaking-trump of future fame!-- 400 Oh, AMOS COTTLE! for a moment think What meagre profits spring from pen and ink!When thus devoted to poetic dreams, Who will peruse thy prost.i.tuted reams?Oh! pen per
- 85 And LITTLE'S Lyrics s.h.i.+ne in hot-pressed twelves. [17]Thus saith the _Preacher_: "Nought beneath the sun Is new," [18] yet still from change to change we run. 130 What varied wonders tempt us as they pa.s.s!The Cow-pox, Tractors, Galvan
- 84 POPE.PREFACE [1]All my friends, learned and unlearned, have urged me not to publish this Satire with my name. If I were to be "turned from the career of my humour by quibbles quick, and paper bullets of the brain" I should have complied with the
- 83 8. To think of every early scene, Of what we are, and what weve been, Would whelm some softer hearts with woe-- But mine, alas! has stood the blow; Yet still beats on as it begun, And never truly loves but one. 9. And who that dear lovd one may be, Is not
- 82 3. In the days of my youth, when the hearts in its spring, And dreams that Affection can never take wing, I had friends!--who has not?--but what tongue will avow, That friends, rosy wine! are so faithful as thou? 4. The heart of a mistress some boy may es
- 81 _I knew but one unchangd--and here he lies.-- [_Imit. and Transl_., p. 191.] ] TO A LADY, [1] ON BEING ASKED MY REASON FOR QUITTING ENGLAND IN THE SPRING. [i] 1. When Man, expelld from Edens bowers, A moment lingerd near the gate, Each scene recalld the v
- 80 5. [iii]Mary, adieu! I must away: While thou art blest I'll not repine; But near thee I can never stay; My heart would soon again be thine.6.I deem'd that Time, I deem'd that Pride, Had quench'd at length my boyish flame; Nor knew, til
- 79 LINES INSCRIBED UPON A CUP FORMED FROM A SKULL. [1] 1. Start not--nor deem my spirit fled: In me behold the only skull, From which, unlike a living head, Whatever flows is never dull. 2. I lived, I loved, I quaffd, like thee: I died: let earth my bones re
- 78 Can we reverse the general plan, Nor be what all in turn must be? 12. No; for myself, so dark my fate Through every turn of life hath been; Man and the World so much I hate, I care not when I quit the scene. 13. But thou, with spirit frail and light, Wilt
- 77 _A Love Song. To----. [Imit. and Transl., p. 197.] [Footnote ii: _Remind me not, remind me not_. [MS. L.] ] [Footnote iii: _Must still_. [MS. L.] ] TO A YOUTHFUL FRIEND. [i] 1. Few years have pa.s.sd since thou and I Were firmest friends, at least in name
- 76 Forget the fair one, and your fate delay; If not avert, at least defer the day, When you beneath the female yoke shall bend, And lose your _wit_, your _temper_, and your _friend_. [A] Trin. Coll. Camb., 1808.] [Sub-Footnote A: In his mothers copy of Hobho
- 75 June 10, 1808. [First published, 1809][Footnote 1: This copy of verses, with eight others, originally appeared in a volume published in 1809 by J. C. Hobhouse, under the t.i.tle of _Imitations and Translations, From the Ancient and Modern Cla.s.sics, Toge
- 74 3. But Breeze of night again forbear, In softest murmurs only sigh: Let not a Zephyrs pinion dare To lift those auburn locks on high. 4. Chill is thy Breath, thou breeze of night! Oh! ruffle not those lids of Snow; For only Mornings cheering light May wak
- 73 1. Those flaxen locks, those eyes of blue Bright as thy mothers in their hue; Those rosy lips, whose dimples play And smile to steal the heart away, Recall a scene of former joy, And touch thy fathers heart, my Boy! 2. And thou canst lisp a fathers name--
- 72 9. And as he, with his boys, shall revisit this spot, He will tell them in whispers more softly to tread. Oh! surely, by these I shall neer be forgot; Remembrance still hallows the dust of the dead. 10. And here, will they say, when in Lifes glowing prime
- 71 9. And soon shall its wild erring notes be forgot, Since early affection and love is oercast: Oh! blest had my Fate been, and happy my lot, Had the first strain of love been the dearest, the last. 10. Farewell, my young Muse! since we now can neer meet; [
- 70 ON FINDING A FAN. [1] 1. In one who felt as once he felt, This might, perhaps, have fannd the flame; But now his heart no more will melt, Because that heart is not the same. 2. As when the ebbing flames are low, The aid which once improved their light, An
- 69 Say, Becher, I shall be forgiven! If you dont warrant my salvation, I must resign all Hopes of Heaven! For, Faith, I cant withstand Temptation. P.S.--These were written between one and two, after midnight. I have not corrected, or revised. Yours, BYRON. [
- 68 EGOTISM. A LETTER TO J. T. BECHER. [1] [Greek: Heauton bur_on aeidei.] 1. If Fate should seal my Death to-morrow, (Though much _I_ hope she will _postpone_ it,) Ive held a share _Joy_ and _Sorrow_, Enough for _Ten_; and _here_ I _own_ it. 2. Ive lived, as
- 67 TO A VAIN LADY. [1] 1 Ah, heedless girl! why thus disclose What neer was meant for other ears; Why thus destroy thine own repose, And dig the source of future tears? 2 Oh, thou wilt weep, imprudent maid, While lurking envious foes will smile, For all the
- 66 [Footnote 2: Mrs. Pigots Cottage.] [Footnote 3: The river Grete, at Southwell.] [Footnote 4: Mary Chaworth.] [Footnote 5: Compare the verses on "The Cornelian," p. 66, and "Pignus Amoris," p. 231.] [Footnote 6: See note to "Pignus
- 65 THE ADIEU.WRITTEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE AUTHOR WOULD SOON DIE.1.Adieu, thou Hill! [1] where early joy Spread roses o'er my brow; Where Science seeks each loitering boy With knowledge to endow.Adieu, my youthful friends or foes, Partners of fo
- 64 Oh! little lock of golden hue In gently waving ringlet curl'd, By the dear head on which you grew, I would not lose you for _a world_.Not though a thousand more adorn The polished brow where once you shone, Like rays which guild a cloudless sky [i]Be
- 63 OSSIAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN IN "CARTHON." [1]Oh! thou that roll'st above thy glorious Fire, Round as the s.h.i.+eld which grac'd my G.o.dlike Sire, Whence are the beams, O Sun! thy endless blaze, Which far eclipse each minor Glory
- 62 8 Shall these, by creeds they can't expound, Prepare a fancied bliss or woe?Shall reptiles, groveling on the ground, Their great Creator's purpose know?9 Shall those, who live for self alone, [i]Whose years float on in daily crime-- Shall they,
- 61 My Lycus! [3] wherefore dost thou weep?Thy falling tears restrain; Affection for a time may sleep, But, oh, 'twill wake again.Think, think, my friend, when next we meet, Our long-wished interview, how sweet!From this my hope of rapture springs; While
- 60 'Life', p. 41.]SOLILOQUY OF A BARD IN THE COUNTRY. [1]'Twas now the noon of night, and all was still, Except a hapless Rhymer and his quill.In vain he calls each Muse in order down, Like other females, these will sometimes frown; He frets,
- 59 REMEMBRANCE.'Tis done!--I saw it in my dreams: No more with Hope the future beams; My days of happiness are few: Chill'd by Misfortune's wintry blast, My dawn of Life is overcast; Love, Hope, and Joy, alike adieu!Would I could add Remembran
- 58 7.Fain would I fly the haunts of men [2]-- I seek to shun, not hate mankind; My breast requires the sullen glen, Whose gloom may suit a darken'd mind.Oh! that to me the wings were given, Which bear the turtle to her nest!Then would I cleave the vault
- 57 May no delights decoy!O'er roses may your footsteps move, Your smiles be ever smiles of love, Your tears be tears of joy!16.Oh! if you wish that happiness Your coming days and years may bless, And virtues crown your brow; Be still as you were wont to
- 56 ['Poems O. and T.']]TO THE EARL OF CLARE. [i]Tu semper amoris Sis memor, et cari comitis ne abscedat imago.VAL. FLAC. 'Argonaut', iv. 36.1.Friend of my youth! when young we rov'd, Like striplings, mutually belov'd, With Frien
- 55 [Footnote 1: Morven, a lofty mountain in Aberdeens.h.i.+re. "Gormal of snow"is an expression frequently to be found in Ossian.][Footnote 2: This will not appear extraordinary to those who have been accustomed to the mountains. It is by no means
- 54 7.Yet all this giddy waste of years, This tiresome round of palling pleasures; These varied loves, these matrons' fears, These thoughtless strains to Pa.s.sion's measures-- 8.If thou wert mine, had all been hush'd:-- This cheek, now pale fr
- 53 Since we have met, I learnt to mourn. [MS. Newstead.] ] [Footnote viii: And caves their sullen war--. [MS. Newstead.] ] [Footnote ix: --thank Heaven are flown. [MS. Newstead.]] [Footnote x: In truth dear L----. [Hours of Idleness. Poems O. and T.] ] [Foot
- 52 [Footnote v: '--the mountain of Morven.'['MS. Newstead'.]]TO EDWARD NOEL LONG, ESQ. [i] [1]"Nil ego contulerim jucundo sa.n.u.s amico."--HORACE.Dear LONG, in this sequester'd scene, [ii]While all around in slumber lie, T
- 51 'Where every girl--.'['MS. Newstead'.]][Footnote ii: 'But quit at once thy realms of air Thy mingling--.'['MS. Newstead'.]][Footnote iii: 'Auspicious bards--.'['MS. Newstead'.]][Footnote iv:
- 50 Round Loch na Garr, while the stormy mist gathers, Winter presides in his cold icy car: Clouds, there, encircle the forms of my Fathers; They dwell in the tempests of dark Loch na Garr.4."Ill starr'd, [3] though brave, did no visions foreboding
- 49 TRANSLATION FROM THE "MEDEA" OF EURIPIDES [Ll. 627-660].[Greek: Erotes hyper men agan, K.T.L.[1]]1.When fierce conflicting pa.s.sions urge The breast, where love is wont to glow, What mind can stem the stormy surge Which rolls the tide of human
- 48 --disportive playd. [MS. Newstead.]] [Footnote xvii: By hunger prest, the keeper lulld to sleep In slaughter thus a Lyons fangs may steep. [MS. Newstead.]] [Footnote xviii: Through teeming herds unchecked, unawed, he roams. [MS. Newstead.]] [Footnote xix:
- 47 [P. on V. Occasions.] --they hold the nightly guard. [Hours of Idleness.]] [Footnote iii: And Love, and Life alike the glory spurned. [MS. Newstead.]] [Footnote iv: Then Nisus, "Ah, my friend--why thus suspect Thy youthful breast admits of no defect.
- 46 Then in his warm embrace the boys he press'd, And, quivering, strain'd them to his aged breast; With tears the burning cheek of each bedew'd, And, sobbing, thus his first discourse renew'd:-- 130 "What gift, my countrymen, what ma
- 45 'The Trumpet's blast with these accords To sound the clash of hostile swords-- Be mine the softer, sweeter care To soothe the young and virgin Fair'.['MS. Newstead'.]]FROM ANACREON.[Greek: Mesonuktiois poth h_opais, k.t.l.] [1]ODE
- 44 77. What minstrel grey, what h.o.a.ry bard, Shall Allans deeds on harp-strings raise? The song is glorys chief reward, But who can strike a murdrers praise? 78. Unstrung, untouchd, the harp must stand, No minstrel dare the theme awake; Guilt would benumb
- 43 59.The crimson glow of Allan's face Was turn'd at once to ghastly hue; The drops of death each other chace, Adown in agonizing dew.60.Thrice did he raise the goblet high, And thrice his lips refused to taste; For thrice he caught the stranger�
- 42 40.For youthful Allan still remain'd, And, now, his father's only joy: And Mora's heart was quickly gain'd, For beauty crown'd the fair-hair'd boy.41.She thought that Oscar low was laid, And Allan's face was wondrous fai
- 41 And Oscar claim'd the beauteous bride, And Angus on his Oscar smil'd: It soothed the father's feudal pride Thus to obtain Glenalvon's child.22.Hark! to the Pibroch's pleasing note, Hark! to the swelling nuptial song, In joyous str
- 40 2.But often has yon rolling moon, On Alva's casques of silver play'd; And view'd, at midnight's silent noon, Her chiefs in gleaming mail array'd: 3.And, on the crimson'd rocks beneath, Which scowl o'er ocean's sulle
- 39 [Footnote i: 'To----'.['Hours of Idleness, Poems O. and Translated]][Footnote ii.'However, dear S----'.['Hours of Idleness, Poems O. and Translated'.]]DAMaeTAS. [1]In law an infant, [2] and in years a boy, In mind a slav