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9n the or"g"n#l, footnotes $ere r"nted #t the foot of the #ge on$h"ch they $ere referenced, #nd the"r "nd"ces st#rted o&er on e#ch

#ge. 9n th"s eteDt, footnotes h#&e been collected #t the ends of e#chsect"on, #nd h#&e been nu%bered consecut"&ely throughout.

@#&"g#t"on #"ds #re ro&"ded #s follo$s. P#ge nu%bers #red"s l#yed #t the r"ght edge of the $"ndo$. To ju% d"rectly to

#ge nn , # end 6P#ge nn to the docu%ent ?/L. To ju% d"rectly tothe teDt of footnote xx , e"ther se#rch for 5 xx 8 or # end

6>ootnote xx to the docu%ent ?/L.

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P/ >+ TO T- T-9/0 VOL?C.

T- resent &olu%e cont#"ns the s"D %etr"c#l t#les $h"ch $ereco% osed $"th"n the ye#rs 272 #nd 272;, the Hebrew Melodies , #ndthe %"nor oe%s of 274


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%onth "n #nd %onth out. &ery$here %en t#lked #bout the \noble#uthor\Y"n the c# "t#ls of uro e, "n l"ter#ry c"rcles "n the ?n"ted:t#tes, "n the #st 9nd"es. -e $#s \the gl#ss of f#sh"on ... the obser&'dof #ll obser&ers,\ the s$#yer of sent"%ent, the %#ster #nd cre#tor of

o ul#r e%ot"on. @o other ngl"sh oet before or s"nce h#s d"&"ded%en's #ttent"on $"th gener#ls #nd se#)c# t#"ns #nd st#tes%en, h#s#ttr#cted #nd f#sc"n#ted #nd o&erco%e the $orld so ent"rely #nd

otently #s Lord Byron.

9t $#s Childe Harold , the un n"shed, "%%#ture Childe Harold , #ndthe Turk"sh #nd other \T#les,\ $h"ch r#"sed th"s sudden #nd de#fen"ngstor% of # l#use $hen the century $#s young, #nd no$, #t "ts close(9 refer, of course, to the T#les, not to Byron's oetry #s # $hole,$h"ch, "n s "te of the cr"t"cs, h#s held #nd st"ll holds "ts o$n!, #re"gnored "f not forgotten, #ssed o&er "f not des "sedY$h"ch but fe$kno$ thoroughly, #nd \&ery fe$\ #re found to #d%"re or to lo&e. "bilapsus# $uid feci% %"ght the Suest"on"ng s "r"t of the #uthor eDcl#"%$"th reg#rd to h"s \-#rrys #nd L#rrys, P"lgr"%s #nd5&""8P"r#tes,\ $hoonce held the eld, #nd no$ see% to h#&e gone under "n the struggle

for oet"c#l eD"stence]

To $h#t, then, %#y $e #ttr"bute the #ss"ng #$#y of "nterest #ndenthus"#s%^ To the c# r"ce of f#sh"on, to #n "ns"stence on # %ore

f#ultless techni$ue , to # n"cer t#ste "n eth"c#l sent"%ent, to #reference for # subtler tre#t%ent of loft"er the%es^ Core cert#"nly,#nd %ore #rt"cul#rly, 9 th"nk, to the blurr"ng of outl"ne #nd theblott"ng out of det#"l due to l# se of t"%e #nd the sh"ft"ng of the

"ntellectu#l st#nd o"nt.

-o$e&er %uch the ch#r% of no&elty #nd the cont#g"on of enthus"#s% %#y h#&e contr"buted to the success of the Turk"sh #ndother T#les, "t "s "n the l#st degree "% rob#ble th#t our gr#ndf#thers#nd gre#t)gr#ndf#thers $ere en#%oured, not of # re#l"ty, but of #n"llus"on born of "gnor#nce or of &ulg#r be$"lder%ent. They $erec#rr"ed #$#y bec#use they bre#thed the s#%e #t%os here #s thes"ngerR #nd be"ng und"str#cted by eth"c#l, or gr#%%#t"c#l, or %etr"c#lo[ences, they not only re#d these oe%s $"th #&"d"ty, but understoodenough of $h#t they re#d to be touched by the"r &"t#l"ty, to re#l"Ze

the"r &er"s"%"l"tude.

&out comprendre c'est tout pardonner( @#y, %ore, the kno$ledge,the co% rehens"on of essent"#l gre#tness "n #rt, "n n#ture, or "n %#n"s not to kno$ th#t there "s #ught to forg"&e. But th#t su_c"ngkno$ledge $h"ch the re#der of #&er#ge "ntell"gence br"ngs $"th h"%


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for the co% rehens"on #nd # rec"#t"on of conte% or#ry5&"""8 l"ter#ture h#s to be bought #t the r"ce of close#ttent"on #nd #t"ent study $hen the subject)%#tter of # oe% #ndthe %odes #nd %o&e%ents of the oet's consc"ousness #re #l"ke

unf#%"l"#r.r"t"c"s%, ho$e&er subtle, ho$e&er suggest"&e, ho$e&er lu%"nous,

$"ll not br"dge o&er the g# bet$een the #st #nd the resent, $"llnot su ly the su_c"ng kno$ledge. 9t "s del"ghtful #nd "nterest"ng #nd,"n # %e#sure, "nstruct"&e to kno$ $h#t gre#t oets of h"s o$n t"%e#nd of ours h#&e thought of Byron, ho$ he \str"kes\ the%R but unless$e #re oursel&es s#tur#ted $"th h"s thought #nd style, unless $e le#rnto bre#the h"s #t%os here by re#d"ng the books $h"ch he re#d,

"ctur"ng to oursel&es the scenes $h"ch he s#$,Yunless $e #s "re toh"s "de#ls #nd su[er h"s l"%"t#t"ons, $e #re "n no $#y ent"tled to judge

h"s oe%s, $hether they be good or b#d.

Byron's %etr"c#l \T#les\ co%e before us "n the gu"se of l"ghtre#d"ng, #nd %#y be \e#s"ly cr"t"c"Zed\ #s %elo)dr#%#t"cYthehero"nes con&ent"on#l u ets, the heroes redu l"c#ted re`ect"ons of the #uthor's erson#l"ty, the Or"ent#l \ ro ert"es\ loosely #rr#nged,#nd so%e$h#t st#ge)$orn. + thorough #nd sy% #thet"c study of these once eDtr#g#ntly l#uded #nd no$ bel"ttled oe%s $"ll not,

erh# s, re&erse the del"ber#te judg%ent of l#ter gener#t"ons, but "t$"ll d"s l#y the% for $h#t they #re, bold #nd r# "d #nd yet eD#ctresent#t"ons of the \gorgeous #st,\ &"&"d #nd fresh fro% the h#nd of

the gre#t #rt"st $ho conce"&ed the% out of the #bund#nce5"D8 of %e%ory #nd obsert"on, #nd $rought the% "nto sh# e $"th the \ enof # re#dy $r"ter.\ They $"ll be once %ore recogn"Zed #s $orks of gen"us, #n "ntegr#l ort"on of our l"ter#ry "nher"t#nce, $h"ch h#s "ts

ro er lue, #nd $"ll re #y # %ore #ss"duous #nd # ner husb#ndry.

9 h#&e once %ore to #ckno$ledge the generous #ss"st#nce of theo_c"#ls of the Br"t"sh Cuseu%, #nd, %ore es ec"#lly, of Cr. +. G. ll"s,of the Or"ent#l Pr"nted Books #nd C::. 0e #rt%ent, $ho h#s #[orded%e "nlu#ble "nstruct"on "n the co% "l#t"on of the notes to

the Giaour #nd Bride of bydos.

9 h#&e #lso to th#nk Cr. /. L. B"nyon, of the 0e #rt%ent of Pr"nts#nd 0r#$"ngs, for #d&"ce #nd #ss"st#nce "n the select"on of

"llustr#t"ons.

9 des"re to eD ress %y cord"#l th#nks to the /eg"str#r of theo yr"ght O_ce, :t#t"oners' -#llR to Professor 1#nn#r"s, of the


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?n"&ers"ty of :t. +ndre$sR to C"ss . 0#$es, C.+., 0.L., of -e#th eldLodge, Weybr"dgeR to %y cous"n, C"ss d"th oler"dge, of Goodrest,

TorSu#yR #nd to %y fr"end, Cr. >r#nk . T#ylor, of hertsey, for"nfor%#t"on k"ndly su l"ed dur"ng the rogress of the $ork.

>or %#ny of the \ #r#llel #ss#ges\ fro% the $orks of other oets,$h"ch #re to be found "n the notes, 9 #% "ndebted to # ser"es of #rt"cles by +. +. W#tts, "n the !iterary Ga)ette# >ebru#ry #nd C#rch,27 2R #nd to the notes to the l#te Professor . Aolb"ng's Siege of

Corinth.

On beh#lf of the ubl"sher, 9 beg to #ckno$ledge5D8 the k"ndness of Lord Glenesk, #nd of :"r Theodore C#rt"n, A. .B., $ho h#&e er%"ttedthe eD#%"n#t"on #nd coll#t"on of C::. of the Siege of Corinth #nd of

the \ThyrZ#\ oe%s, "n the"r ossess"on.

The or"g"n#l of the %"n"#ture of -./.-. the Pr"ncess h#rlotte of W#les (see . aa! "s "n the L"br#ry of W"ndsor #stle. 9t h#s beenre roduced for th"s &olu%e by the gr#c"ous er%"ss"on of -er C#jesty

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&he Bride of bydos . #nto the >"rst#nto the :econd

@ote to &he Bride of bydos

T- O/:+9/ * + T+L .9ntroduct"on to &he Corsair B"bl"ogr# h"c#l @ote on&he Corsair 0ed"c#t"on&he Corsair . #nto the >"rst

#nto the :econd#nto the Th"rd

9ntroduct"on to the *de to +apoleon Buonaparte*de to +apoleon Buonaparte

L+/+ * + T+L .9ntroduct"on to !ara!ara( #nto the >"rst

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One f#t#l re%e%br#nceYone sorro$ th#t thro$s9ts ble#k sh#de #l"keo'er our joys #nd our $oesYTo $h"ch L"fe noth"ng d#rker nor br"ghterc#n br"ng,>or $h"ch joy h#th no b#l%Y#nd # "ct"on no st"ng.

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9@ # letter to Curr#y, d#ted P"s#, 0ece%ber 2 , 27 2 ( !ife , . ;a;!,Byron #&o$s th#t the \G"#our :tory\ h#d #ctu#lly \so%e found#t"onon f#cts.\ :oon #fter the oe% # e#red (1une ;, 2723!, \# story $#sc"rcul#ted by so%e gentle$o%en ... # l"ttle too close to the teDt\

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h"s fr"end Lord :l"go, $ho "n 1uly, 2724, $#s #nchored o[ +thens "n \#t$el&e)gun br"g, $"th # cre$ of fty %en\ (see !etters , 27


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by h"s o$n #d%"ss"on, Byron $#s "ndebted to Vathe1 (or r#ther :.-enley's notes to Vathe1 ! #nd to 0'-erbelot's Biblioth2$ue*rientale for #llus"ons #nd det#"ls, the \#t%os here\ could only h#&ebeen re roduced by the cre#t"&e f#ncy of #n obsernt #nd

enthus"#st"c tr#&eller $ho h#d l"&ed under #stern sk"es, #nd h#dco%e $"th"n ken of #stern l"fe #nd sent"%ent.

9n s "te, ho$e&er, of h"s lo&e for the subject)%#tter of h"s oe%,#nd the f#c"l"ty, sur r"s"ng e&en to h"%self, $"th $h"ch he s un h"srhy%es, Byron could not ersu#de h"%self th#t # success"on of fr#g%ents $ould sort the%sel&es #nd gro$ "nto # co% lete #ndconnected $hole. 9f h"s thr"ce)re e#ted de rec"#t"on of the Giaour "snot ent"rely genu"ne, "t "s l#"n th#t he %"sdoubted h"%self. Wr"t"ng toCurr#y (+ugust X, 5 82723! he s#ys, \9 h#&e, but $"th so%ed"_culty, not #dded #ny %ore to th"s sn#ke of # oe%, $h"ch h#sbeen lengthen"ng "ts r#ttles e&ery %onthR\ to Coore (:e te%ber 2!,\The Giaour 9 h#&e #dded to # good de#l, but st"ll "n fool"shfr#g%entsR\ #nd, #g#"n, to Coore (:e te%ber 7!, \By the co#ch 9 send

you # co y of th#t #$ful #% hlet the Giaour \.

But $h"le the #uthor doubted #nd # olog"Zed, or de rec#ted \h"slo&e's eDcess 9n $ords of $rong #nd b"tterness,\ the ubl"c re#d, #nd

ed"t"on follo$ed ed"t"on $"th be$"lder"ng s eed.

The Giaour $#s re&"e$ed by George +g#r ll"s "n the 3uarterly (@o.DDD"., 1#nu#ry, 2723 5 ubl"shed >ebru#ry 22, 27238! #nd "nthe -dinburgh .e/iew by 1e[rey (@o. ;a, 1#nu#ry, 2723 5 ubl"shed

>ebru#ry a, 27238!.5 78

B9BL9OG/+P-9 +L @OT O@&H- G, *".

T- b"bl"ogr# hy of the Giaour "s beset $"th d"_cult"es, #nd "t "sdoubtful "f %ore th#n # roD"%#te #ccur#cy c#n be secured. Theco% os"t"on of the ent"re oe% "n "ts resent sh# e $#s #cco% l"shed$"th"n s"D %onths, C#y)@o&e%ber, 2723, but dur"ng th#t er"od "t $#seD #nded by success"&e #ccret"ons fro% # rst dr#ft of a4 l"nes(eDt#nt "n C:.! to # se&enth ed"t"on of 233a l"nes. + roof "s eDt#nt of #n ed"t"on of 7 #ges cont#"n"ng aX4 l"nes, "tself #n enl#rge%ent onthe C:.R but $hether (#s # note "n the h#nd$r"t"ng of the l#te Cr.

Curr#y #_r%s! th"s $#s or $#s not ubl"shed "s uncert#"n. + ort"onof # second roof of 37 #ges h#s been reser&ed, but of the


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ubl"c#t"on of the oe% "n th"s st#te there "s no record. On 1une ; #rst ed"t"on of a2 #ges, cont#"n"ng X7; l"nes, $#s "ssued, #nd of th"s

nu%erous co "es #re eDt#nt. +t the end of 1une, or the beg"nn"ng of 1uly, 2723, # second ed"t"on, ent"tled, # \@e$ d"t"on $"th so%e

+dd"t"ons,\ # e#red. Th"s cons"sted of a #ges, #nd nu%bered 72Xl"nes. +%ong the #ccret"ons "s to be found the f#%ous #ss#gebeg"nn"ng, \-e th#t h#th bent h"% o'er the de#d.\ T$o C:. co "es of th"s pannus /ere purpureus #re "n Cr. Curr#y's ossess"on. +t the endof 1uly, #nd dur"ng the rst h#lf of +ugust, t$o or %ore "ssues of #th"rd ed"t"on $ere set u "n ty e. The rst "ssue #%ounted to ;3

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>#"r cl"%e] $here e&ery se#son s%"les 5cg857X8Ben"gn#nt o'er thoseblessed "sles,Wh"ch, seen fro% f#r olonn#'s he"ght,C#ke gl#d thehe#rt th#t h#"ls the s"ght,24+nd lend to lonel"ness del"ght.There %"ldlyd"% l"ng, Oce#n's cheek/eècts the t"nts of %#ny # e#k #ught bythe l#ugh"ng t"des th#t l#&eThese dens of the e#stern $#&e*+nd "f #tt"%es # tr#ns"ent breeZeBre#k the blue cryst#l of the se#s,Or s$eeone blosso% fro% the trees,-o$ $elco%e "s e#ch gentle #"rTh#t$#kes #nd $#fts the odours there] 4>or there the /ose, o'er cr#g orle,:ult#n# of the @"ght"ng#le, 5;X857 8The %#"d for $ho% h"s%elody,-"s thous#nd songs #re he#rd on h"gh,Bloo%s blush"ng to herlo&er's t#le*-"s Sueen, the g#rden Sueen, h"s /ose,?nbent by $"nds,unch"lled by sno$s,>#r fro% the $"nters of the $est,By e&ery breeZe#nd se#son blest,/eturns the s$eets by @#ture g"&en349n softest"ncense b#ck to -e#&enR+nd gr#teful y"elds th#t s%"l"ng sky-er f#"resthue #nd fr#gr#nt s"gh.+nd %#ny # su%%er ò$er "s there,+nd %#ny# sh#de th#t Lo&e %"ght sh#re,+nd %#ny # grotto, %e#nt for rest,Th#tholds the "r#te for # guestRWhose b#rk "n shelter"ng co&e belo$Lurksfor the #ss"ng e#ceful ro$,T"ll the g#y %#r"ner's gu"t#r 5; 8a49she#rd, #nd seen the &en"ng :t#rR5778Then ste#l"ng $"th the %u edo#r,>#r sh#ded by the rocky shore,/ush the n"ght) ro$lers on the

rey,+nd turn to gro#ns h"s roundel#y.:tr#ngeYth#t $here @#turelo&ed to tr#ce,+s "f for Gods, # d$ell"ng l#ce,+nd e&ery ch#r% #ndgr#ce h#th %"DedW"th"n the P#r#d"se she Ded,There %#n, en#%ouredof d"stress,;4:hould %#r "t "nto $"lderness, 5ch8+nd tr#% le, brute)l"ke,o'er e#ch ò$erTh#t t#sks not one l#bor"ous hourR@or cl#"%s theculture of h"s h#ndTo bloo% #long the f#"ry l#nd,But s r"ngs #s to

reclude h"s c#re,+nd s$eetly $oos h"%Ybut to s #re]:tr#ngeYth#t$here #ll "s Pe#ce bes"de,There P#ss"on r"ots "n her r"de,+nd Lust #nd/# "ne $"ldly re"gnX4To d#rken o'er the f#"r do%#"n.9t "s #s though the>"ends re"led+g#"nst the :er# hs they #ss#"led,+nd, Ded onhe#&enly thrones, should d$ellThe freed "nher"tors of -ellR:o soft thescene, so for%ed for joy,:o curst the tyr#nts th#t destroy]-e $ho h#th bent h"% o'er the de#d 5c"85;78 re the rst d#y of 0e#th "sèd,57


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round dec#y,The f#re$ell be#% of >eel"ng #st #$#y]244: #rk of th#t`#%e, erch#nce of he#&enly b"rth,Wh"ch gle#%s, but $#r%s no %ore"ts cher"shed e#rth]

l"%e of the unforgotten br#&e] 5X 8Whose l#nd fro% l#"n to %ount#"n)c#&eW#s >reedo%'s ho%e or Glory's gr#&e]:hr"ne of the %"ghty] c#n"t be,5cl8 Th#t th"s "s #ll re%#"ns of thee^+ ro#ch, thou cr#&encrouch"ng sl#&e*5X38:#y, "s not th"s Ther%o yl ^ 5c%8 These $#ters blueth#t round you l#&e,Y224Oh ser&"le o[s r"ng of the freeYPronounce$h#t se#, $h#t shore "s th"s^The gulf, the rock of :#l#%"s]Thesescenes, the"r story not unkno$n,+r"se, #nd %#ke #g#"n youro$nR:n#tch fro% the #shes of your :"resThe e%bers of the"r for%er

resR5< 8+nd he $ho "n the str"fe eD "res5cn8W"ll #dd to the"rs # n#%eof fe#rTh#t Tyr#nny sh#ll Su#ke to he#r,2 4+nd le#&e h"s sons # ho e,# f#%e,They too $"ll r#ther d"e th#n sh#%e*>or >reedo%'s b#ttle oncebegun,BeSue#thed by bleed"ng :"re to :on, 5co8 Though b# ed oft "s

e&er $on.Be#r $"tness, Greece, thy l"&"ng #ge]+ttest "t %#ny #de#thless #ge] 5c 8Wh"le A"ngs, "n dusty d#rkness h"d,-#&e left #n#%eless yr#%"d,Thy -eroes, though the gener#l doo%234-#ths$e t the colu%n fro% the"r to%b,+ %"ght"er %onu%entco%%#nd,The %ount#"ns of the"r n#t"&e l#nd]There o"nts thy Cuseto str#nger's eye 5cS8 The gr#&es of those th#t c#nnot d"e]'T$ere long totell, #nd s#d to tr#ce, #ch ste fro% : lendour to 0"sgr#ceR noughYno fore"gn foe could SuellThy soul, t"ll fro% "tself "t fellR et] :elf)#b#se%ent #&ed the $#y2a4To &"ll#"n)bonds #nd des ot s$#y.Wh#t c#n he tell $ho tre#ds thy shore^@o legend of th"ne olden

t"%e,@o the%e on $h"ch the Cuse %"ght so#r-"gh #s th"ne o$n "nd#ys of yore,5or th"s, #nd th"s #lone, reno$ned.2X49n"n %"ght L"berty "n&okeThe s "r"t to "ts bond#ge brokeOr r#"se theneck th#t courts the yoke*@o %ore her sorro$s 9 be$#"l, et th"s $"ll be# %ournful t#le,+nd they $ho l"sten %#y bel"e&e,Who he#rd "t rsth#d c#use to gr"e&e.

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Who thunder"ng co%es on bl#ckest steed, 5X;8274W"th sl#ckened b"t#nd hoof of s eed^Bene#th the cl#tter"ng "ron's soundThe c#&erned

choes $#ke #round9n l#sh for l#sh, #nd bound for bound*The fo#%th#t stre#ks the courser's s"de:ee%s g#thered fro% the Oce#n)t"de*Though $e#ry $#&es #re sunk to rest,There's none $"th"n h"sr"der's bre#stR+nd though to)%orro$'s te% est lo$er,'T"s c#l%er th#nthy he#rt, young G"#our] 5XX82


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gr"ef of ye#rs*5db8Wh#t felt he then, #t once o restBy #ll th#t %ostd"str#cts the bre#st^Th#t #use, $h"ch ondered o'er h"s f#te,Oh, $ho"ts dre#ry length sh#ll d#te] 4Though "n T"%e's record ne#rlynought,9t $#s tern"ty to Thought] 5 28>or "n n"te #s boundlesss #ceThe thought th#t onsc"ence %ust e%br#ce,Wh"ch "n "tself c#nco% rehendWoe $"thout n#%e, or ho e, or end. 5 85


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9 he#r the sound of co%"ng feet,But not # &o"ce %"ne e#r togreetRCore ne#rYe#ch turb#n 9 c#n sc#n,+nd s"l&er)she#th d#t#gh#nR5 78 The fore%ost of the b#nd "s seen+n %"r by h"s g#rb ofgreen* 5 ro% rose to tul" #s before^Or Be#uty, bl"ghted "n #nhour,>"nd joy $"th"n her broken bo$er^@o* g#yer "nsects `utter"ngby@e'er droo the $"ng o'er those th#t d"e,+nd lo&el"er th"ngs h#&e%ercy sho$nTo e&ery f#"l"ng but the"r o$n,+nd e&ery $oe # te#r c#ncl#"%a 4 Dce t #n err"ng :"ster's sh#%e.

The C"nd, th#t broods o'er gu"lty $oes,9s l"ke the :cor "on g"rt by

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"re,One s#d #nd sole rel"ef she kno$sYThe st"ng she nour"shed for herfoes,Whose &eno% ne&er yet $#s "n,a34G"&es but one #ng, #ndcures #ll #"n,+nd d#rts "nto her des er#te br#"n*524 8:o do the d#rk"n soul eD "re,Or l"&e l"ke :cor "on g"rt by reR5738:o $r"thes the %"nd/e%orse h#th r"&en, 5do8?n t for e#rth, undoo%ed for he#&en,0#rkness#bo&e, des #"r bene#th,+round "t `#%e, $"th"n "t de#th]

Bl#ck -#ss#n fro% the -#r#% `"es,@or bends on $o%#n's for% h"seyesRaa4The un$onted ch#se e#ch hour e% loys, et sh#res he notthe hunter's joys.@ot thus $#s -#ss#n $ont to `yWhen Le"l# d$elt "nh"s :er#".0oth Le"l# there no longer d$ell^Th#t t#le c#n only -#ss#ntell*:tr#nge ru%ours "n our c"ty s#y? on th#t e&e she `ed #$#yWhen/h#%#Z#n's 57a8 l#st sun $#s set,52478+nd `#sh"ng fro% e#chC"n#reta;4C"ll"ons of l#% s rocl#"%ed the fe#stOf B#"r#% throughthe boundless #st.'T$#s then she $ent #s to the b#th,Wh"ch -#ss#n"nly se#rched "n $r#thR>or she $#s `o$n her %#ster's r#ge9nl"keness of # Georg"#n #ge,+nd f#r beyond the Cosle%'s o$er-#d$ronged h"% $"th the f#"thless G"#our.:o%e$h#t of th"s h#d -#ss#ndee%edRBut st"ll so fond, so f#"r she see%ed,aX4Too $ell he trusted tothe sl#&eWhose tre#chery deser&ed # gr#&e*+nd on th#t e&e h#dgone to CosSue,+nd thence to fe#st "n h"s A"osk.:uch "s the t#le h"s@ub"#ns tell,Who d"d not $#tch the"r ch#rge too $ellRBut others s#y,th#t on th#t n"ght,By #le Ph"ng#r"'s 57;8 tre%bl"ng l"ght,The G"#ouru on h"s jet)bl#ck steedW#s seen, but seen #lone to s eeda 4W"thbloody s ur #long the shore,@or %#"d nor #ge beh"nd h"% bore.

-er eye's d#rk ch#r% 't$ere "n to tell,But g#Ze on th#t of theG#Zelle,9t $"ll #ss"st thy f#ncy $ellR+s l#rge, #s l#ngu"sh"ngly d#rk,But:oul be#%ed forth "n e&ery s #rkTh#t d#rted fro% bene#th thel"d,Br"ght #s the je$el of G"#%sch"d. 57X8524


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check9ntrus"on's gl#nce, t"ll >olly's g#Ze:hrunk fro% the ch#r%s "t%e#nt to r#"se.Thus h"gh #nd gr#ceful $#s her g#"tR-er he#rt #stender to her %#teR-er %#teYstern -#ss#n, $ho $#s he^+l#s] th#tn#%e $#s not for thee] 5< 8

:tern -#ss#n h#th # journey t#'enW"th t$enty ss#ls "n h"str#"n,; 4 #ch #r%ed, #s best beco%es # %#n,W"th #rSuebuss #nd#t#gh#nR522 8The ch"ef before, #s decked for $#r,Be#rs "n h"s belt thesc"%"t#r:t#"ned $"th the best of +rn#ut blood,When "n the #ss therebels stood,+nd fe$ returned to tell the t#leOf $h#t befell "n P#rne'sle.The "stols $h"ch h"s g"rdle boreWere those th#t once # P#sh#$ore,;34Wh"ch st"ll, though ge%%ed #nd bossed $"th gold, &enrobbers tre%ble to behold.'T"s s#"d he goes to $oo # br"deCore trueth#n her $ho left h"s s"deRThe f#"thless sl#&e th#t broke herbo$er,+ndY$orse th#n f#"thlessYfor # G"#our]

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only fro% h"s horse0"sd#"ns to l"ght, #nd kee s h"s course,T"ll ery`#shes "n the nProcl#"% too sure the robber)cl#n;#r `#sh"ng "n h"s red r"ghth#nd^\'T"s he]'t"s he] 9 kno$ h"% no$RX249 kno$ h"% by h"s #ll"dbro$R9 kno$ h"% by the e&"l eye5or #ll th#t Be#uty s"ghs to gr#ntW"th h#lf thefer&our -#te besto$s? on the l#st e%br#ce of foes,X;4Whengr# l"ng "n the ght they foldThose #r%s th#t ne'er sh#ll lose the"r

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f#te 52428:ur&"&"ng left h"s Suenchless h#teR+nd o'er h"% bends th#t foe$"th bro$+s d#rk #s h"s th#t bled belo$.

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$elco%e $"th # k"ss the br#&e]Who f#lls "n b#ttle 'g#"nst # G"#our9s$orth"est #n "%%ort#l bo$er.52 28

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%#"den $hel%ed bene#th the se#R 5d&8Of s#bres cl#sh"ng, foe%en`y"ng,Wrongs #&enged, #nd Cosle% dy"ng.On cl"[ he h#th beenkno$n to st#nd,+nd r#&e #s to so%e bloody h#nd>resh se&ered fro%"ts #rent l"%b,9n&"s"ble to #ll but h"%,Wh"ch beckons on$#rd to h"sgr#&e,734+nd lures to le# "nto the $#&e.\

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co%%on cro$d but see the gloo%Of $#y$#rd deeds, #nd tt"ngdoo%RThe close obser&er c#n es y+ noble soul, #nd l"ne#ge h"gh*+l#s]though both besto$ed "n "n,7 4Wh"ch Gr"ef could ch#nge, #nd Gu"ltcould st#"n,9t $#s no &ulg#r tene%entTo $h"ch such lofty g"fts $erelent,+nd st"ll $"th l"ttle less th#n dre#dOn such the s"ght "s r"&eted.Theroo`ess cot, dec#yed #nd rent,W"ll sc#rce del#y the #sser)byRTheto$er by $#r or te% est bent,Wh"le yet %#y fro$n oneb#ttle%ent,0e%#nds #nd d#unts the str#nger's eyeR774 #ch "&"ed#rch, #nd "ll#r lone,Ple#ds h#ught"ly for glor"es gone]52 8\-"s`o#t"ng robe #round h"% fold"ng,:lo$ s$ee s he through thecolu%ned #"sleRW"th dre#d beheld, $"th gloo% behold"ngThe r"tes th#ts#nct"fy the "le.But $hen the #nthe% sh#kes the cho"r,+nd kneel the%onks, h"s ste s ret"reRBy yonder lone #nd $#&er"ng torch-"s #s ectgl#res $"th"n the orchR7


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el#te,9'd r#ther be the th"ng th#t cr#$lsor he $#s host"le to thy creed]The &eryn#%e of @#Z#rene24a4W#s $or%$ood to h"s P#yn"%s leen.?ngr#teful fool] s"nce but for br#ndsWell $"elded "n so%eh#rdy h#nds,+nd $ounds by G#l"le#ns g"&enYThe surest #ss to

Turk"sh he#&enY>or h"% h"s -our"s st"ll %"ght $#"t9% #t"ent #t thePro het's g#te.9 lo&ed herYLo&e $"ll nd "ts $#yThrough #ths $here$ol&es $ould fe#r to reyR+nd "f "t d#res enough,'t$ere h#rd24;49fP#ss"on %et not so%e re$#rdY@o %#tter ho$, or $here, or $hy,9 d"dnot "nly seek, nor s"gh* et so%et"%es, $"th re%orse, "n "n9 $"sh

she h#d not lo&ed #g#"n.:he d"edY9 d#re not tell thee ho$RBut lookY't"s $r"tten on %y bro$]There re#d of #"n the curse #nd cr"%e,9nch#r#cters un$orn by T"%e*:t"ll, ere thou dost conde%n %e,

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yet h#th %#n to le#rn,T#ught by the th"ng he d#res to s urn*The b"rdth#t s"ngs $"th"n the br#ke,The s$#n th#t s$"%s u on thel#ke,22 4One %#te, #nd one #lone, $"ll t#ke.523or $orlds 9 d#re not&"e$ the d#%e/ese%bl"ng thee, yet not the s#%e.The &ery cr"%esth#t %#r %y youth,Th"s bed of de#thY#ttest %y truth]'T"s #ll too l#teYthou $ert, thou #rt22r"endsh" 'scl#"%, et de#r to h"% %y bl"ghted n#%e.'T"s str#ngeYhe ro hes"ed%y doo%,+nd 9 h#&e s%"ledY9 then could s%"leYWhen Prudence$ould h"s &o"ce #ssu%e,2 34+nd $#rnY9 recked not $h#tYthe$h"le*But no$ /e%e%br#nce $h"s ers o'er 5et8 Those #ccents sc#rcely%#rked before.:#yYth#t h"s bod"ngs c#%e to #ss,+nd he $"ll st#rt tohe#r the"r truth,+nd $"sh h"s $ords h#d not been sooth*Tell h"%Yunheed"ng #s 9 $#s,Through %#ny # busy b"tter sceneOf #ll ourgolden youth h#d been,9n #"n, %y f#lter"ng tongue h#d tr"ed2 a4Tobless h"s %e%oryYere 9 d"edR52a 8But -e#&en "n $r#th $ould turn#$#y,9f Gu"lt should for the gu"ltless r#y.9 do not #sk h"% not tobl#%e,Too gentle he to $ound %y n#%eR+nd $h#t h#&e 9 to do $"th>#%e^9 do not #sk h"% not to %ourn,:uch cold reSuest %"ght soundl"ke scornR+nd $h#t th#n >r"endsh" 's %#nly te#rC#y better gr#ce #brother's b"er^2 ;4But be#r th"s r"ng, h"s o$n of old,+nd tell h"%Y$h#t thou dost behold]The $"thered fr#%e, the ru"ned %"nd,The
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\Tell %e no %ore of >#ncy's gle#%,@o, f#ther, no,'t$#s not #

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8;;57;U+ to%b #bo&e the rocks on the ro%ontory, by so%esu osed the se ulchre of The%"stocles.

\8 There #re,\ s#ys u%berl#nd, "n h"s *bser/er , \# fe$ l"nes by Pl#tou on the to%b of The%"stocles, $h"ch h#&e # turn of eleg#nt #nd

#thet"c s"% l"c"ty "n the%, th#t deser&es # better tr#nsl#t"on th#n 9c#n g"&eY

\'By the se#'s %#rg"n, on the $#tery str#nd,Thy %onu%ent, The%"stocles, sh#ll st#nd*By th"s d"rected to thy n#t"&e shore,The

%erch#nt sh#ll con&ey h"s fre"ghted storeR+nd $hen our `eets #resu%%oned to the ght+thens sh#ll conSuer $"th thy to%b "n s"ght.'\

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descr"be the eD#ct s"te of the \#lt#r)l"ke to%b,\ #nd Suotes the#ss#ge fro% Pl#to (the co%"c oet, B. . a 7)37

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4air clime9 where ce#seless su%%er smilesBenignant o'er thoseblessed isles ,0hich seen from far Colonna's height ,Ma1e glad theheart that hails the sight , nd lend to loneliness delight .&here sh"nethe br"ght #bodes ye seek,L"ke d"% les u on Occ#n's cheek,:os%"l"ng round the $#ters l#&e &hese -dens of the -astern wa/e .Or if#at times# the transient bree)eBrea1 the s%ooth crystal of theseas ,*r brush one blossom from the trees ,How gr#teful is each gentleair&hat wa1es and wafts the fr#gr#nce there .Y5C:.8YY the fragrancethere .Y5:econd d"t"on.8

8;X5 The #tt#ch%ent of the n"ght"ng#le to the rose "s # $ell)kno$nPers"#n f#ble. 9f 9 %"st#ke not, the \Bulbul of # thous#nd t#les\ "s one

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8 Thus Ces"h", #s tr#nsl#ted by :"r W"ll"#% 1onesY

\ o%e, ch#r%"ng %#"d] #nd he#r thy oet s"ng,Thyself the rose #ndhe the b"rd of s r"ng*Lo&e b"ds h"% s"ng, #nd Lo&e $"ll be obey'd.Beg#y* too soon the `o$ers of s r"ng $"ll f#de.\

\ The full style #nd t"tle of the Pers"#n n"ght"ng#le ( Pycnonotush:morrhous ! "s 'Bulbul)")h#Z r)d st n,' usu#lly shortened to '-#Z#r'(b"rd of # thous#nd t#les the thous#nd!, gener#lly c#lled '+nd#l"b.'\(:ee rabian +ights , by /"ch#rd >. Burton, 277 R Supplemental +ights ,""". ;4X.! >or the n"ght"ng#le's #tt#ch%ent to the rose, co% #re

Coore's !alla .oo1hY

\Oh] sooner sh#ll the rose of C#yC"st#ke her o$n s$eet n"ght"ng#le,\etc.

!d. \ h#ndos l#ss"cs,\ . a 3(

#nd >"tZger#ld's tr#nsl#t"on of the .ub;iy;t of O%#r Ah#yy % (st#nZ#&".!Y

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pale ch"ll"ngbrowWhose touch tells of Cort#l"ty+nd curdles to theG#Zer's he#rt s if to him it could impart&he doom he only loo1s uponY ?es but for these and these alone ,+ %o%entYyetY# l"ttlehourWe still might doubt the &yrant's power .

The ele&en l"nes follo$"ng (77)#"r o y "s the sole C:. #uthor"ty

for the four conclud"ng l"nes of the #r#gr# h.

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+nn /#dcl"[e, 2 #"r o y.8

8X459 trust th#t fe$ of %y re#ders h#&e e&er h#d #n o ortun"ty of $"tness"ng $h#t "s here #tte% ted "n descr" t"onR but those $ho h#&e$"ll rob#bly ret#"n # #"nful re%e%br#nce of th#t s"ngul#r be#uty$h"ch erdes, $"th fe$ eDce t"ons, the fe#tures of the de#d, # fe$hours, #nd but for # fe$ hours, #fter \the s "r"t "s not there.\ 9t "s to bere%#rked "n c#ses of &"olent de#th by gun)shot $ounds, theeD ress"on "s #l$#ys th#t of l#nguor, $h#te&er the n#tur#l energy of

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l#st. 5+ccord"ng to Ced$"n (27 a, ato, . 3!, #n #bsurd ch#rge,b#sed on the det#"ls of th"s note, $#s brought #g#"nst Byron, th#t he

h#d been gu"lty of %urder, #nd s oke fro% eD er"ence.8

8X2589n 0#ll#$#y's Constantinople ( . ! 5/e&. 1#%es 0#ll#$#y (2 X3)273a! ubl"shed Constantinople ncient and Modern# etc ., "n 2 < 8, #book $h"ch Lord Byron "s not unl"kely to h#&e consulted, 9 nd #

#ss#ge Suoted fro% G"ll"es' History of Greece (&ol. ". . 33;!, $h"chcont#"ns, erh# s, the rst seed of the thought thus eD #nded "ntofull erfect"on by gen"us* \The resent st#te of Greece, co% #red tothe #nc"ent, "s the s"lent obscur"ty of the gr#&e contr#sted $"th the

&"&"d lustre of #ct"&e l"fe.\YCoore,+ote to -dition 2735.

8X5ro% hence to the conclus"on of the #r#gr# h, the C:. "s$r"tten "n # hurr"ed #nd #l%ost "lleg"ble h#nd, #s "f these s lend"dl"nes h#d been oured forth "n one cont"nuous burst of oet"c feel"ng,$h"ch $ould h#rdly #llo$ t"%e for the en to follo$ the "%#g"n#t"on.Y

(+ote to -dition 273 . The l"nes $ere #dded to the :econd d"t"on.!5

8cl54ountain of 0isdom9 can it be .Y5C:. er#sed.8

8X358o% #reY\:on of the Corn"ng, r"se] # ro#ch you here]\ ChildeHarold , #nto 99. st#nZ# """. l"ne 25.

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0hy is not this &hermopyl: R&hese waters blue that round youla/eDegenerate o@spring of the free Y How name ye them what shoreis this%&he wa/e# the roc1 of Salamis% Y5C:.8

8cn5renewed by Son .Y5C:.8

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ttest it many a former age0hile 1ings in dar1 obli/ion hid .Y5C:.8

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8Xa5+thens "s the ro erty of the A"sl#r +g# 5k"Zl#r)#gh#s 8 (the sl#&eof the :er#gl"o #nd gu#rd"#n of the $o%en!, $ho # o"nts theW#y$ode. + #nder #nd eunuchYthese #re not ol"te, yet true

# ell#t"onsYno$ go/erns the go/ernor of +thens]

8-obhouse %#"nt#"ns th#t th"s subord"n#t"on of the $#"$odes (or"&odes the :cl#&"c m Fm Kp (Turk"sh go&ernors of +thens! to #h"gher Turk"sh o_c"#l, $#s on the $hole f#&our#ble to the l"bert"es

#nd $ell)be"ng of the +then"#ns.Y &ra/els in lbania , 27;7, ". aX5.

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+ow to the neighbouring shores they waft&heir ancient and pro/erbialcraft .Y5C:. er#sed.8

8ct5r#nks of the Lent.Y +ote to -dition 273.

The ronunc"#t"on of the $ord de ends on "ts or"g"n. 9f "t "s #ssoc"#ted$"th the +r#b"c Aawr , # \de&"#t"ng\ or \err"ng,\ the "n"t"#l conson#nt$ould be soft, but "f $"th the Pers"#n gawr , or guebre , \# re)$orsh" er,\ the $ord should be ronounced Gow er Y#s Go$er:treet h#s co%e to be ronounced. 9t "s to be re%#rked th#t to the

resent d#y the @estor"#ns of ?ru%"#h #re conte%ned #s Gyours (the G h#rd!, by the"r Coh#%%ed#n country%en.Y(>ro%"nfor%#t"on k"ndly su l"ed by Cr. +. G. ll"s, of the Or"ent#l Pr"nted

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co% ressed or th"ck. 9t d"d not occu y t$enty y#rds "n bre#dth, #nd$#s #bout t$el&e feet h"gh fro% the ground. 9t $#s # k"nd of blushu on the #"r, #nd "t %o&ed &ery r# "dly.... We #ll l#y `#t on the ground... t"ll "t $#s blo$n o&er. The %eteor, or ur le h#Ze, $h"ch 9 s#$ $#s,

"ndeed, #ssed, but the l"ght #"r $h"ch st"ll ble$ $#s of # he#t tothre#ten su[oc#t"on.\ -e goes on to s#y th#t he d"d not reco&er thee[ect of the s#ndbl#st on h"s chest for ne#rly t$o ye#rs (Br#ce's !ife

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8dg5Might stri1e an echo YY.Y5C:.8

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nd welcome !ife though but in one4or many a gilded chamber'sthere"nmeet for Solitude to share .Y) 5C:.8

8;5\89 h#&e just recollected #n #lter#t"on you %#y %#ke "n theroof.... +%ong the l"nes on -#ss#n's :er#", "s th"sY'?n%eet for

:ol"tude to sh#re.' @o$, to sh#re "% l"es %ore th#n one , #nd :ol"tude"s # s"ngle gentle$o%#n* "t %ust be thusY

'>or %#ny # g"lded ch#%ber's there,Wh"ch :ol"tude %"ght $ellforbe#rR'

#nd so on. W"ll you #do t th"s correct"on^ #nd r#y #cce t # cheesefro% %e for your trouble.\YLetter to 1ohn Curr#y, :t"lton, October 3,

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The e%end#t"on of l"ne 33; %#de th#t of l"ne 3a3 unnecess#ry, butboth e%end#t"ons $ere #cce ted.

!Coore s#ys ( !ife R . 2. Burton, 277 * Supplemental +ights , ". 2a, note5.

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&a1e ye and gi/e ye that salam ,&hat says of Moslem faith , am .Y5C:.8

8dl50hich one of yonder bar1s may wait .Y5C:.8

872589n the C:. #nd the rst &e ed"t"ons the broken l"ne (3 3!cons"sted of t$o $ords only, \Th#t one5\.

875 The blue)$"nged butter`y of A#sh%eer, the %ost r#re #ndbe#ut"ful of the s ec"es.

8 The s#%e "nsects (butter`"es of #che%"r! #re celebr#ted "n #nun ubl"shed oe% of Ces"h".... :"r +nthony :h"rley rel#tes th#t "t $#scusto%#ry "n Pers"# \to h#$k #fter butter`"es $"th s #rro$s, %#de toth#t use.\Y@ote by :. -enley to Vathe1 , ed. 27elo de se.\ The scor "ons #re surely "nterested "n # s eedy dec"s"onof the Suest"onR #s, "f once f#"rly est#bl"shed #s "nsect #tos, they $"ll

rob#bly be #llo$ed to l"&e #s long #s they th"nk ro er, $"thout be"ng%#rtyred for the s#ke of #n hy othes"s.

8Byron #ssured 0#ll#s th#t the s"%"le of the scor "on $#s "%#g"ned "nh"s slee .Y .ecollections of the !ife of !ord Byron , by /. . 0#ll#s, .

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\Prob#bly "n so%e "nst#nces the oor scor "on h#s been burnt tode#thR #nd the $ell)kno$n h#b"t of these cre#tures to r#"se the t#"lo&er the b#ck #nd recur&e "t so th#t the eDtre%"ty touches the fore

#rt of the ce h#lo)thor#D, h#s led to the "de# th#t "t $#s st"ng"ng"tself.\Y -ncycl( Brit ., #rt. \+r#chn"d#,\ by /e&. O. P. #%br"dge, "".

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8do5So writhes the mind by Conscience ri/en .Y5C:.8
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87a5 The c#nnon #t sunset close the /h#%#Z#n. 5 o% #re ChildeHarold , #nto 99. st#nZ# 9&. l"ne ;,Poetical 0or1s , 27"tZger#ld, \"n # &ery co% os"te Su#tr#"n (st#nZ# &.! $h"ch c#nnot becl#"%ed #s # tr#nsl#t"on #t #ll\ (see the .ub;iy;t of O%#r Ah#yy# %,

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"nto $h"ch, #s %#y be eD ected, the unsk"lful #nd tender of footcontr"&e to tu%ble $"th # \f#c"l"s descensus +&ern",\ not &ery le#s"ng"n ros ect to the neDt #ssenger. There "s # shorter cut do$n$#rds

for the 1e$s #nd hr"st"#ns.

8Byron "s #g#"n "ndebted to Vathe1 , #nd :. -enley on Vathe1# . 3 ,for h"s "nfor%#t"on. The #uthor"ty for the legend of the Br"dge of P#r#d"se "s not the Aor#n, but the Book of C#$#kef, Suoted by d$#rdPococke, "n h"s o%%ent#ry ( +ot: Miscellane: ! on the Porta

Mosis of Coses C#"%on"des (ODford, 2X;a, . 77!Y

\:tretched #cross the b#ck of -ell, "t "s n#rro$er th#n # j#&el"n,sh#r er th#n the edge of # s$ord. But #ll %ust ess#y the #ss#ge,bel"e&ers #s $ell #s "n dels, #nd "t b# es the underst#nd"ng to

"%#g"ne "n $h#t %#nner they kee the"r foothold\.

The legend, or r#ther #llegory, to $h"ch there $ould see% to be so%e#llus"on "n the $ords of :cr" ture, \:tr#"t "s the g#te,\ etc., "s of

oro#str"#n or"g"n. o% #re the Kend /esta , #sn# D"D. X (SacredBoo1s of the -ast , ed"ted by >. C#D Culler, 277 , DDD". X2!, \W"the&en threefold (s#fety #nd $"th s eed! 9 $"ll br"ng h"s soul o&er the

Br"dge of A"nt,\ etc5.

8775224U+ &ulg#r error* the Aor#n #llots #t le#st # th"rd of P#r#d"seto $ell)beh#&ed $o%enR but by f#r the gre#ter nu%ber of Cussul%#ns "nter ret the teDt the"r o$n $#y, #nd eDclude the"r%o"et"es fro% he#&en. Be"ng ene%"es to Pl#ton"cs, they c#nnotd"scern \#ny tness of th"ngs\ "n the souls of the other seD, conce"&"ng

the% to be su erseded by the -our"s.

8:#le, "n h"s Preliminary Discourse (\ h#ndos l#ss"cs,\ . 74!, "nde#l"ng $"th th"s Suest"on, notes \th#t there #re se&er#l #ss#ges "nthe Aor#n $h"ch #_r% th#t $o%en, "n the neDt l"fe, $"ll not only be

un"shed for the"r e&"l #ct"ons, but $"ll #lso rece"&e the re$#rds of the"r good deeds, #s $ell #s the %en, #nd th#t "n th"s c#se God $"ll%#ke no d"st"nct"on of seDes.\ + s"ngle Suot#t"on $"ll su_ce* \God h#s

ro%"sed to bel"e&ers, %en #nd $o%en, g#rdens bene#th $h"ch r"&ers`o$, to d$ell there"n for #yeR #nd goodly l#ces "n the g#rden of

den.\Y &he 3ur'In , tr#nsl#ted by . -. P#l%er, 2774, &". 2735.

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8245\8 The %other of :"ser# looked out #t # $"ndo$, #nd cr"edthrough the l#tt"ce, Why "s h"s ch#r"ot so long "n co%"ng^ $hy t#rry

the $heels of h"s ch#r"ot^\Y1udges &. 75.

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tr#"n"ng for d#%n#t"on. 9f the #ns$ers #re none of the cle#rest, he "sh#uled u $"th # scythe #nd thu% ed do$n $"th # red)hot %#ce t"ll

ro erly se#soned, $"th # r"ety of subs"d"#ry rob#t"ons. The o_ceof these #ngels "s no s"necureR there #re but t$o, #nd the nu%ber of

orthodoD dece#sed be"ng "n # s%#ll ro ort"on to the re%#"nder, the"rh#nds #re #l$#ys full.Y:ee .elig( Ceremon ., &.


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fr"end Po e P#ul 999. \-e sub%"tted to the hurch of /o%e, $h"ch %#deh"% so od"ous to the Greek sch"s%#t"cs th#t the P#tr"#rch of

onst#nt"no le eDco%%un"c#ted h"%R #nd the Greeks re orted th#t+rsen"us, #fter h"s de#th, $#s Brou1ola1as , th#t "s, th#t the 0e&"l

ho&ered #bout h"s cor s #nd re)#n"%#ted h"%\ (B#yle, Dictionary ,2 a, ". ;47, #rt. \+rsen"us\!. C#rt"nus rus"us, "n h"s &urco Gr:cia ,l"b. "". (B#s"le , 2;7a, . 2;2! records the de#th of +rsen"us $h"leunder sentence of eDco%%un"c#t"on, #nd #dds th#t \h"s %"ser#blecor se turned bl#ck, #nd s$elled to the s"Ze of # dru%, so th#t #ll $hobeheld "t $ere horror)str"cken, #nd tre%bled eDceed"ngly.\ -ence, nodoubt, the legend $h"ch B#yle t#kes /erbatim fro% Gu"llet, \Les Grecsd"sent Su' +rsen"us, # res l# %ort fust Brou1ola1as ,\ etc.(!acJdJmone# ncienne et +ou/elle , #r Le :"eur de l# Gu"llet"re,2X X, "". ;7X. :ee, too, for \+rsen"us,\ >#br"c"" Script( Gr( Var( , 2747, D".;72, #nd Gesner" Bibliotheca "ni/ ., ed. 2;a;, fol.


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#nd # k"nd of d"#logue bet$een the #uthor #nd the rotest"ng %onkensues. The oe% concludes $"th the G"#our's confess"on, $h"ch "s#ddressed to the %onk, or erh# s to the "nterested #nd %ore

toler#nt Pr"or of the co%%un"ty5.

8du52 aU s &ime were wasted on his brow .Y5C:.8

8d&52 ;U*f foreign maiden lost at sea .Y5C:.8

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Behold>as turns he from the>wallHis cowl =y bac1# his dar1 hair fall .Y5%s8

8+ r"#nt of the co y sent for "nsert"on "n the :e&enth d"t"on d"[ers#l"ke fro% the C:. #nd the teDt5Y

Behold as turns him from the wall Y His Cowl =ies bac1>his tressesfallY &hat pallid aspect wreathing round .

8dD5!o9 mar1 him as the harmony .Y5C:.8

8dy5&han1 hea/en>he stands without the shrine .Y5C:. er#sed.8

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+ight &houghts , """., by d$#rd oungR +nderson's British Poets , D. .o% #re, too, Childe Harold , #nto 9. st#nZ# &", l"ne 7Y\W"th le#sure

drugged, he #l%ost longed for $oe5\.

822a58Byron $#s $ont to let h"s "%#g"n#t"on d$ell on these det#"ls of the ch#rnel)house. 9n # letter to 0#ll#s, +ugust 2 , 2722, he $r"tes, \9#% #lre#dy too f#%"l"#r $"th the de#d. 9t "s str#nge th#t 9 look on theskulls $h"ch st#nd bes"de %e (9 h#&e #l$#ys h#d four "n %y study!$"thout e%ot"on, but 9 c#nnot str" the fe#tures of those 9 h#&e kno$nof the"r `eshy co&er"ng, e&en "n "de#, $"thout # h"deous sens#t"onR butthe $or%s #re less cere%on"ous.\ :ee, too, h"s \L"nes "nscr"bed u on

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"nSu"red. \We #re "n er"l,\ he #ns$ered. \Wh#t er"l^ We #re not no$"n +lb#n"#, nor "n the #sses to hesus, Cess#lungh", or Le #ntoRthere #re lenty of us, $ell #r%ed, #nd the hor"#tes h#&e notcour#ge to be th"e&es.\Y\True, +[end", but ne&ertheless the shot "s

r"ng"ng "n %y e#rs.\Y\The shot. @ot # to h#"ke h#s been red th"s%orn"ng.\Y\9 he#r "t not$"thst#nd"ngYBo%YBo%Y#s l#"nly #s 9he#r your &o"ce.\Y\Psh#]\Y\+s you le#se, +[end"R "f "t "s $r"tten, so$"ll "t be.\Y9 left th"s Su"ck)e#red redest"n#r"#n, #nd rode u toB#s"l", h"s hr"st"#n co% #tr"ot, $hose e#rs, though not #t #ll

ro het"c, by no %e#ns rel"shed the "ntell"gence. We #ll #rr"&ed #tolonn#, re%#"ned so%e hours, #nd returned le"surely, s#y"ng #

r"ety of br"ll"#nt th"ngs, "n %ore l#ngu#ges th#n s o"led the bu"ld"ngof B#bel, u on the %"st#ken seer. /o%#"c, +rn#out, Turk"sh, 9t#l"#n,#nd ngl"sh $ere #ll eDerc"sed, "n r"ous conce"ts, u on theunfortun#te Cussul%#n. Wh"le $e $ere conte% l#t"ng the be#ut"ful

ros ect, 0er&"sh $#s occu "ed #bout the colu%ns. 9 thought he $#sder#nged "nto #n #nt"Su#r"#n, #nd #sked h"% "f he h#d beco%e #\Palaocastro \ %#n^ \@o,\ s#"d heR \but these "ll#rs $"ll be useful "n%#k"ng # st#ndR\ #nd #dded other re%#rks, $h"ch #t le#st e&"nced h"so$n bel"ef "n h"s troubleso%e f#culty of forehearing . On our return to+thens $e he#rd fro% Leon (# r"soner set #shore so%e d#ys #fter!of the "ntended #tt#ck of the C#"notes, %ent"oned, $"th the c#use of "ts not t#k"ng l#ce, "n the notes to Childe Harold , #nto nd 5 Poetical0or1s , 27


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8227523;8 UVide ante , . #ncy's gle#%,\ rst # e#red "n the >"fth d"t"on. 9nreturn"ng the roof to Curr#y, Byron $r"tes, +ugust X, 2723, \Thel#st l"nes -odgson l"kesY"t "s not often he doesY#nd $hen he don't,he tells %e $"th gre#t energy, #nd 9 fret #nd #lter. 9 h#&e thro$n the%"n to soften the feroc"ty of our 9n del, #nd, for # dy"ng %#n, h#&e

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8ej5Must plunge into a dar1 abyss .Y5C:.8

8ek523the madness of my heart .Y5C:.8

8en5

&o me ali1e all time and place Y Scarce could , ga)e on +ature'sface4or e/ery hue YY.Y5C:.8or, ll# all was changed on +ature'sface&o me ali1e all time and place .Y5C:. er#sed.8

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YY but this grief,n truth is not for thy relief(My state thy thought canne/er guess .Y5C:.8

82 25 The %onk's ser%on "s o%"tted. 9t see%s to h#&e h#d so l"ttlee[ect u on the #t"ent, th#t "t could h#&e no ho es fro% the re#der. 9t%#y be su_c"ent to s#y th#t "t $#s of # custo%#ry length (#s %#y be

erce"&ed fro% the "nterru t"ons #nd une#s"ness of the #t"ent!, #nd$#s del"&ered "n the usu#l tone of #ll orthodoD re#chers.

8e50here thou# it seems# canst o@er grace .Y5C:. er#sed.8

8eS50here rise my nati/e city's towers .Y5C:.8

8er5, had# and though but one>a friend9 Y5C:.8

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, ha/e no heart to lo/e him now nd 'tis but to declare my end .Y5%s8

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behold Y &he withered frame>the ruined mind ,&he wrec1 that Passionlea/es behind Y &he shri/elled and discoloured leafSeared by the

utumn blast of Grief .Y5C:., >"rst o y.8

8eu52aU+ay>1neel not# father# rise>despair .Y5C:.8

8252a3\ U:y%#r,\ # shroud. 5 y%#r, or s"%#r, "s # long loose robe$orn by $o%en. 9t "s, erh# s, the s#%e $ord #s the: #n"sh camarra (+r#b"c camIrra !, # shee )sk"n clo#k. 9t "s eSu"lent

to \shroud\ only "n the r"%#ry sense of # \co&er"ng.\8

8e&50hich now , /iew with trembling spar1 .Y5C:.8

8e$52aaU&hen lay me with the nameless dead .Y5C:.8

82 35 The c"rcu%st#nce to $h"ch the #bo&e story rel#tes $#s not &eryunco%%on "n Turkey. + fe$ ye#rs #go the $"fe of Cucht#r P#ch#co% l#"ned to h"s f#ther of h"s son's su osed "n del"tyR he #sked$"th $ho%, #nd she h#d the b#rb#r"ty to g"&e "n # l"st of the t$el&eh#ndso%est $o%en "n #n"n#. They $ere se"Zed, f#stened u "ns#cks, #nd dro$ned "n the l#ke the s#%e n"ght] One of the gu#rds$ho $#s resent "nfor%ed %e th#t not one of the &"ct"%s uttered #cry, or sho$ed # sy% to% of terror #t so sudden # \$rench fro% #ll$e kno$, fro% #ll $e lo&e.\ The f#te of Phros"ne, the f#"rest of th"ss#cr" ce, "s the subject of %#ny # /o%#"c #nd +rn#out d"tty. The story"n the teDt "s one told of # young Venet"#n %#ny ye#rs #go, #nd no$ne#rly forgotten. 9 he#rd "t by #cc"dent rec"ted by one of the co[ee)house story)tellers $ho #bound "n the Lent, #nd s"ng or rec"te the"rn#rr#t"&es. The #dd"t"ons #nd "nter ol#t"ons by the tr#nsl#tor $"ll bee#s"ly d"st"ngu"shed fro% the rest, by the $#nt of #stern "%#geryR#nd 9 regret th#t %y %e%ory h#s ret#"ned so fe$ fr#g%ents of theor"g"n#l. >or the contents of so%e of the notes 9 #% "ndebted #rtly to0'-erbelot, #nd #rtly to th#t %ost #stern, #nd, #s Cr. Weber justly

ent"tles "t, \subl"%e t#le,\ the \ #l" h V#thek.\ 9 do not kno$ fro%$h#t source the #uthor of th#t s"ngul#r &olu%e %#y h#&e dr#$n h"s%#ter"#lsR so%e of h"s "nc"dents #re to be found "n the Biblioth2$ue*rientale R but for correctness of costu%e, be#uty of descr" t"on, #nd

o$er of "%#g"n#t"on, "t f#r sur #sses #ll uro e#n "%"t#t"ons, #ndbe#rs such %#rks of or"g"n#l"ty th#t those $ho h#&e &"s"ted the #st$"ll nd so%e d"_culty "n bel"e&"ng "t to be %ore th#n # tr#nsl#t"on.+s #n #stern t#le, e&en /#ssel#s %ust bo$ before "tR h"s \-# yV#lley\ $"ll not be#r # co% #r"son $"th the \-#ll of bl"s.\ 5:ee Childe

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\C#nsour [end" tells the story ( /ide supra , l"ne X! thus* >ros"n" $#sn"ece of the +rchb"sho of 1o#nn"n#. Couct#r P#sh# ordered her toco%e to h"s h#re%, #nd her f#ther #d&"sed her to goR she d"d so.Couct#r, #%ong other resents, g#&e her # r"ng of gre#t lue, $h"ch

she $"shed to sell, #nd g#&e "t for th#t ur ose to # %erch#nt, $hoo[ered "t to the $"fe of Couct#r. Th#t l#dy recogn"Zed the je$el #s hero$n, #nd, d"sco&er"ng the "ntr"gue, co% l#"ned to +l" P#sh#, $ho, theneDt n"ght, se"Zed her h"%self "n h"s o$n house, #nd ordered her to bedro$ned. C#nsour [end" s#ys he h#d the story fro% the brother #ndson of >ros"n". Th"s son $#s # ch"ld of s"D ye#rs old, #nd $#s "n bed "nh"s %other's ch#%ber $hen +l" c#%e to c#rry #$#y h"s %other tode#th. -e h#d # confused recollect"on of the horr"d scene.\Y &ra/els

in lbania# 27;7, ". 9ll, note X.

The conclud"ng note, l"ke the oe%, $#s bu"lt u sentence bysentence. L"nes 2)2 , \forgotten,\ #re "n the C:. L"ne 2 , \9 he#rd,\ tol"ne 2 , \or"g"n#l,\ $ere #dded "n the :econd d"t"on. The neDtsentence, \>or the contents\ to \V#thek,\ $#s "nserted "n the Th"rdR#nd the conclud"ng #r#gr# h, \9 do not kno$\ to the end, "n the

>ourth d"t"ons5.

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+or whether most he mourned none 1new .4or her he lo/ed>or himhe slew .Y5C:.8

T - B / 9 0 O > + B 0 O :.+ T ? / A 9 : - T+ L.

\-#d $e ne&er lo&ed s#e k"ndly,-#d $e ne&er lo&ed s#e bl"ndly,@e&er%etYor ne&er #rted,We h#d ne'er been broken)he#rted.\Y

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C +@ oetsYWords$orth, for "nst#nceYh#&e been consc"ous "n the"rold #ge th#t #n "nterest #tt#ches to the c"rcu%st#nces of theco% os"t"on of the"r oe%s, #nd h#&e furn"shed the"r fr"ends #nd#d%"rers $"th eD l#n#tory notes. Byron recorded the motif #nd

occ#s"on of the Bride of bydos $h"le the oe% $#s st"ll "n the ress.9t $#s $r"tten, he s#ys, to d"&ert h"s %"nd, \to $r"ng h"s thoughts fro%re#l"ty to "%#g"n#t"onYfro% sel sh regrets to &"&"d recollect"ons\(Diary , 0ece%ber ;, 2723, !etters , "". 3X2!, \to d"str#ct h"s dre#%sfro% ...\ ( Diary , @o&e%ber 2X! \for the s#ke of employment \ (Letter toCoore, @o&e%ber 34, 2723!. -e h#d been st#y"ng dur"ng #rt of October #nd @o&e%ber #t +ston -#ll, /otherh#%, $"th h"s fr"end

1#%es Wedderburn Webster, #nd h#d f#llen "n lo&e $"th h"s fr"end's$"fe, L#dy >r#nces. >ro% # br"ef note to h"s s"ster, d#ted @o&e%ber ;,$e le#rn th#t he $#s "n # scr# e, but "n \no "%%ed"#te er"l,\ #ndfro% the l"nes, \/e%e%ber h"%, $ho% P#ss"on's o$er\ ( /ide ante , .X !, $e %#y "nfer th#t he h#d sought s#fety "n `"ght. The Bride of

bydos , or Kulei1a , #s "t $#s rst ent"tled, $#s $r"tten e#rly "n@o&e%ber, \"n four n"ghts\ ( Diary , @o&e%ber 2X!, or "n # $eek (Letterto G"[ord, @o&e%ber 2 !Ythe reckon"ng goes for l"ttleY#s # counter)

"rr"t#nt to the #"n #nd d"stress of amour interrompu.

The confess"on or # ology "s e%"nently ch#r#cter"st"c. Wh"lstthe Giaour $#s st"ll "n rocess of e&olut"on, st"ll \lengthen"ng "ts

r#ttles,\ #nother Turk"sh oe% "s o[ered to the ubl"c, #nd the n#tur#leD l#n#t"on, th#t the #uthor "s "n &e"n, #nd c#n score #nother tr"ck, "sfelt to be "n#deSu#te52;48 #nd d"shonour"ngY\To$"thdr#$ myself fro% myself ,\ he con des to h"s Diary (@o&e%ber !,\h#s e&er been %y sole, %y ent"re, %y s"ncere %ot"&e for scr"bbl"ng #t

#ll\.

9t "s %ore th#n rob#ble th#t "n h"s t$enty)s"Dth ye#r Byron h#d not#tt#"ned to erfect self)kno$ledge, but there "s no re#son to Suest"on

h"s s"ncer"ty. Th#t Byron lo&ed to surround h"%self $"th %ystery, #ndto d"ssoc"#te h"%self fro% \the gener#l,\ "s true enoughR but "t doesnot follo$ th#t #t #ll t"%es #nd under #ll c"rcu%st#nces he $#s"ns"ncere. \Once # poseur #l$#ys # poseur \ "s # rough)#nd)re#dy

for%ul# not "nr"#bly # l"c#ble e&en to # oet.

But the Bride of bydos $#s # ton"c #s $ell #s # sty t"c. L"kethe Giaour , "t e%bod"ed # erson#l eD er"ence, #nd rec#lled \#country re lete $"th the dar1est #nd brightest , but #l$#ys the

%ost li/ely colours of %y %e%ory\ ( Diary , 0ece%ber ;, 2723!.
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9n # letter to G#lt (0ece%ber 22, 2723, Letters, 27of #ny length\.

Coreo&er, he records (@o&e%ber 2;!, $"th e&"dent gr#t" c#t"on, the# rol of h"s fr"end -odgson, \# &ery s"ncere #nd by no %e#ns (#tt"%es! # `#tter"ng cr"t"c of %"ne,\ #nd %odestly #cce ts the r#"se of

such %#sters of letters #s \Cr. #nn"ng,\ -ookh#% >rere, -eber, Lord-oll#nd, #nd of the tr#&eller d$#rd 0#n"el l#rke.

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@OT TO T- C:: . O> &H- B. ,D- *4 B?D*S.

T- C::. of the Bride of bydos #re cont#"ned "n # bound &olu%e,#nd "n t$o #ckets of loose sheets, nu%ber"ng th"rty)t$o "n #ll, of $h"ch e"ghteen re resent #dd"t"ons, etc., to the >"rst #ntoR #nd

fourteen #dd"t"ons, etc., to the :econd #nto.

The bound &olu%e cons"sts of # rough co y #nd # f#"r co y of therst dr#ft of the BrideR the f#"r co y beg"nn"ng $"th the s"Dth st#nZ# of

#nto 9.

The \#dd"t"ons\ "n the bound &olu%e cons"st of Y

2.:t#nZ# DD&""". of #nto 99.Yhere c#lled \ onclus"on\ ( fty)e"ghtl"nes!. +nd note on \:"r Orford's Letters\.

."ght l"nes beg"nn"ng, \ &e s#$ "t l#ced,\ #t the end of st#nZ#DD&""".

3.+n e%end#t"on of s"D l"nes to st#nZ# &. of #nto 99., $"threference to the co%bolo"o, the Turk"sh ros#ry.52; 8

a.>orty #dd"t"on#l l"nes to st#nZ# DD. of #nto 99., beg"nn"ng, \>orthee "n those br"ght "sles,\ #nd be"ng the rst dr#ft of the #dd"t"on #s

r"nted "n the /e&"ses of @o&e%ber 23, etc.

;.:t#nZ# DD&"". of #nto 99., t$enty)e"ght l"nes.

X. Ten #dd"t"on#l l"nes to st#nZ# DD&""., \+h] h# y]\Y\de #rt\.

.+_Ded to the rough o y "n st#nZ# DD&"""., fty)e"ght l"nes, herec#lled \ ont"nu#t"on.\ Th"s "s the rough o y of @o. 2.

The e"ghteen loose sheets of #dd"t"ons to #nto 9. cons"st of Y

2. The 0ed"c#t"on.

. T$o re&"s"ons of \Ano$ ye the l#nd\.

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a. T$o sheets of the #dd"t"on#l t$el&e l"nes to #nto 9. st#nZ# &".,\Who h#th not ro&ed,\Y\:oul\.

;.>our sheets of notes to #nto 9. st#nZ# &"., d#ted @o&e%ber 4,@o&e%ber , 2723.

X. T$o sheets of notes to st#nZ# D&".

.:"Dteen #dd"t"on#l l"nes to st#nZ# D""".

The fourteen #dd"t"on#l sheets to #nto 99. cons"st of Y

2. Ten l"nes of st#nZ# "&., #nd four l"nes of st#nZ# D&"".

. T$o l"nes #nd note of st#nZ# &.3.:heets of #dd"t"ons, etc., to st#nZ# DD. (e"ght sheets!.

!p("ght l"nes, \Or, s"nce th#t ho e,\Y\thy co%%#nd\.

!m\ (>or thee "n those br"ght "sles\ (t$enty)four l"nes!.

!\ (>or thee,\ etc. (th"rty)s"D l"nes!.

!K\ (Blest #s the c#ll\ (three r"#nts!.!F\ (>or thee "n those br"ght "sles\ (se&en l"nes!.

!(>ourteen l"nes, \There e&'n thy soul,\Y\ ule"k#'s n#%e,\ \+yeYlet the loud $"nds,\Y\b#rs esc# e,\ #dd"t"on#l to st#nZ# DD.

a. T$o sheets of &e r"#nts of \+h] $herefore d"d he turn tolook^\ be"ng s"D #dd"t"on#l l"nes to st#nZ# DD&.

;. Th"rty) &e l"nes of st#nZ# DD&".

X. Ten l"nes, \+h] h# y] but,\Y\de #rt.\ +nd ele&en52;38 l"nes,\Woe to thee, r#sh,\Y\h#st shed,\ be"ng # cont"nuous #dd"t"on to

st#nZ# DD&"".

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