There is no
similar annotation in the Murray copy.
similar annotation in the Murray copy.
Byron
-)
Whether in equal strains thou vent'st thy grief
O'er falling Empires or a yellow leaf.
[The Murray copy gives no emendation. The Fifth Edition adopts the first
correction, but, for the variant in lines 327, 328, reads--
Whether thou sing'st with equal ease and grief
The fall of Empires or a yellow leaf. ]
Line 336. All love thy (-strain-)
rhyme
Line 385. Fresh fish from (-Helicon-)
Hippocrene
[The Murray copy adds a note: "The Fifth Edition reads Hippocrene. "]
Lines 387, 388.
(-Too much in turtle Bristol's sons delight,-)
(-Too much o'er bowls of Rack prolong the night. -)
Your turtle-feeder's verse must needs be flat,
Though Bristol bloat him with the verdant fat.
[The Murray copy does not contain this emendation, which was adopted in
the Fifth Edition.
P. 36 _n. _ The Hunt copy gives in MS. the note concerning Moore--"I am
informed," etc. --which is printed in the Fifth Edition.
There is no
similar annotation in the Murray copy.
Line 502. For (-"ranks illustrious"-) both annotated copies read
"oat-fed phalanx. "]
Lines 532, 533.
And grateful (-to the founder of the feast,-)
Declare his landlord (-can translate, at least. -)
And grateful for the dainties on his plate,
Declare his landlord can at least translate.
[The amended lines, which appeared in the Fifth Edition, are not in the
Murray copy. ]
Lines 552, 553.
While Kenny's World (-just suffered to proceed,-)
(-Proclaims the audience very kind indeed. -)
While Kenny's World--ah where is Kenny's wit?
listless
Tires the sad Gallery--lulls the (-listening-) pit.
[The emendation is given in both annotated copies; but the substitution
of "listless" for "listening," which is adopted in the Fifth Edition,
does not appear in the Murray copy,]
Line 563. Let Comedy (-re-)sume
ass
[The correction is not given in the Murray copy. ]
Line 569. and (-Kemble-) lives to tread.
Siddons
[The substitution of "Siddons" for "Kemble," which dates from the Fifth
Edition, is not given in the Murray copy.
Whether in equal strains thou vent'st thy grief
O'er falling Empires or a yellow leaf.
[The Murray copy gives no emendation. The Fifth Edition adopts the first
correction, but, for the variant in lines 327, 328, reads--
Whether thou sing'st with equal ease and grief
The fall of Empires or a yellow leaf. ]
Line 336. All love thy (-strain-)
rhyme
Line 385. Fresh fish from (-Helicon-)
Hippocrene
[The Murray copy adds a note: "The Fifth Edition reads Hippocrene. "]
Lines 387, 388.
(-Too much in turtle Bristol's sons delight,-)
(-Too much o'er bowls of Rack prolong the night. -)
Your turtle-feeder's verse must needs be flat,
Though Bristol bloat him with the verdant fat.
[The Murray copy does not contain this emendation, which was adopted in
the Fifth Edition.
P. 36 _n. _ The Hunt copy gives in MS. the note concerning Moore--"I am
informed," etc. --which is printed in the Fifth Edition.
There is no
similar annotation in the Murray copy.
Line 502. For (-"ranks illustrious"-) both annotated copies read
"oat-fed phalanx. "]
Lines 532, 533.
And grateful (-to the founder of the feast,-)
Declare his landlord (-can translate, at least. -)
And grateful for the dainties on his plate,
Declare his landlord can at least translate.
[The amended lines, which appeared in the Fifth Edition, are not in the
Murray copy. ]
Lines 552, 553.
While Kenny's World (-just suffered to proceed,-)
(-Proclaims the audience very kind indeed. -)
While Kenny's World--ah where is Kenny's wit?
listless
Tires the sad Gallery--lulls the (-listening-) pit.
[The emendation is given in both annotated copies; but the substitution
of "listless" for "listening," which is adopted in the Fifth Edition,
does not appear in the Murray copy,]
Line 563. Let Comedy (-re-)sume
ass
[The correction is not given in the Murray copy. ]
Line 569. and (-Kemble-) lives to tread.
Siddons
[The substitution of "Siddons" for "Kemble," which dates from the Fifth
Edition, is not given in the Murray copy.
