" He
contrived
to make Noah talk like a street-preacher.
Byron
[4.
And again the Lord spake to
Rafael; Bind Azazel hand and foot, and place him in darkness; make an
opening in the desert which is in Dudael and place him therein. [5. And
place upon him rough and ragged rocks," etc. ]
[152] {306}[This does not correspond with Cain's statement--"After the
fall too soon was I begotten," _Cain_, act. iii. sc. I, line 506 (_vide
ante_).
Bayle (_Hist. and Crit. Dict. _, 1735, art. "Eve," note B) has a great
deal to say with regard to the exact date of the birth of Cain. He
concludes with _Cornelius a Lapide_, who quotes Torniellus, "Cain
genitum ease mox post expulsionem Adae et Evae ex Paradiso. "]
[153] {309}[Byron said that it was difficult to make Lucifer talk "like
a clergyman.
" He contrived to make Noah talk like a street-preacher. ]
[154] [In the original MS. "Michael. "--"I return you," says Byron, "the
revise. I have softened the part to which Gifford objected, and changed
the name of Michael to Raphael, who was an angel of gentler
sympathies. "--July 6, 1822, _Letters_, vi. 93. ]
[155] {311}[That is, "to call you back. " His ministry and function of
clemency were almost as dear to him as his ministry and function of
adoration and obedience. ]
[156] [For the connection of stars with angels, see _Book of Enoch_,
xxv. 1. ]
[157] {315}[Compare _Darkness_, lines 2-5, _Poetical Works_, 1891, iv.
42, 43. ]
[158] {321}[Sketch of Second Part of _Heaven and Earth_, as reported by
Medwin (_Conversations_, 1824, pp. 234-237)--
"Azazael and Samiasa . .
Rafael; Bind Azazel hand and foot, and place him in darkness; make an
opening in the desert which is in Dudael and place him therein. [5. And
place upon him rough and ragged rocks," etc. ]
[152] {306}[This does not correspond with Cain's statement--"After the
fall too soon was I begotten," _Cain_, act. iii. sc. I, line 506 (_vide
ante_).
Bayle (_Hist. and Crit. Dict. _, 1735, art. "Eve," note B) has a great
deal to say with regard to the exact date of the birth of Cain. He
concludes with _Cornelius a Lapide_, who quotes Torniellus, "Cain
genitum ease mox post expulsionem Adae et Evae ex Paradiso. "]
[153] {309}[Byron said that it was difficult to make Lucifer talk "like
a clergyman.
" He contrived to make Noah talk like a street-preacher. ]
[154] [In the original MS. "Michael. "--"I return you," says Byron, "the
revise. I have softened the part to which Gifford objected, and changed
the name of Michael to Raphael, who was an angel of gentler
sympathies. "--July 6, 1822, _Letters_, vi. 93. ]
[155] {311}[That is, "to call you back. " His ministry and function of
clemency were almost as dear to him as his ministry and function of
adoration and obedience. ]
[156] [For the connection of stars with angels, see _Book of Enoch_,
xxv. 1. ]
[157] {315}[Compare _Darkness_, lines 2-5, _Poetical Works_, 1891, iv.
42, 43. ]
[158] {321}[Sketch of Second Part of _Heaven and Earth_, as reported by
Medwin (_Conversations_, 1824, pp. 234-237)--
"Azazael and Samiasa . .