The Works of Lord Byron
Chapter 116 : [Proof b, British Museum.]] [Footnote xxi: As Custom fluctuates whose Iron Sway Though

['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 Which holds in poesy'.

['MS. L'. ('a').]

[Footnote xxiv:

--'ventures to appear.--'

['MS. Corr. in Proof b, British Museum'.]

[Footnote xxv:

'And Harry Monmouth, till the scenes require, Resigns heroics to his sceptred Sire.'

['MS. L'. (a).]]

[Footnote xxvi:

'To "hollaing Hotspur" and the sceptred sire.'--

['MS. Corr. in Proof b, British Museum'.]]

[Footnote xxvii:

'Dull as an Opera, I should sleep or sneer.'

['MS. M'.]]

[Footnote xxviii:

'And for Emotion's aid 'tis said and sung'.

['MS. L, (a)'.]]

[Footnote xxix:

'or form a plot'.

['Proof b, British Museum'.]]

[Footnote x.x.x:

'Whate'er the critic says or poet sings 'Tis no slight task to write on common things'.

['MS. L. (a).']]

[Footnote x.x.xi:

'Ere o'er our heads your Muse's Thunder rolls.'

['MS. L. (a)'.]]

[Footnote x.x.xii:

'Earth, Heaven and h.e.l.l, are shaken with the Song.'

['MS. L. (a)'.]]

[Footnote x.x.xiii:

'Through deeds we know not, though already done,'

['MS. L. (a)'.]]

[Footnote x.x.xiv:

'What soothes the people's, Peer's, and Critic's ear.'

['MS. L. (a)'.]]