See
_Poetical
Works_, 1901,
iv.
iv.
Byron
]
[182] {385} The Ravenstone, "Rabenstein," is the _stone gibbet_ of
Germany, and so called from the ravens perching on it. [Compare
_Manfred_, act iii. , First Version, _Poetical Works_, 1901, iv. 122. ]
[cr] {387} ----_and a master_. --[MS. M. ]
[183] {388}[Compare--"Cozenage, mere cozenage. " _Merry Wives of
Windsor_, act iv. sc. 5, line 58.
If further proof were needed, the repetition or echo of Shakespearian
phrases, here and elsewhere in the play, would reveal Byron's
handiwork. ]
[184] {389}[Compare _Marino Faliero_, act ii, sc. 2, line 115--"These
swoln silkworms masters. "
Silkworm ("mal bigatto") is an Italianism.
See _Poetical Works_, 1901,
iv. 386, note 4. ]
[cs] {391}
----_and hollow_
_Sickness sits caverned in his yellow eye_. --[MS. M. ]
[185] {393}["Thou hast harped my fear aright. " _Macbeth_, act iv. sc. 1,
line 74. ]
[186] {396}["Momus is the god of cruel mockery. He is said to have found
fault with the man formed by Hephaestus, because a little door had not
been left in his breast, so as to enable his fellows to look into his
secret thoughts. " (See Lucian's _Hermotimus_, cap. xx. ) There was a
proverb, ? ? ?
[182] {385} The Ravenstone, "Rabenstein," is the _stone gibbet_ of
Germany, and so called from the ravens perching on it. [Compare
_Manfred_, act iii. , First Version, _Poetical Works_, 1901, iv. 122. ]
[cr] {387} ----_and a master_. --[MS. M. ]
[183] {388}[Compare--"Cozenage, mere cozenage. " _Merry Wives of
Windsor_, act iv. sc. 5, line 58.
If further proof were needed, the repetition or echo of Shakespearian
phrases, here and elsewhere in the play, would reveal Byron's
handiwork. ]
[184] {389}[Compare _Marino Faliero_, act ii, sc. 2, line 115--"These
swoln silkworms masters. "
Silkworm ("mal bigatto") is an Italianism.
See _Poetical Works_, 1901,
iv. 386, note 4. ]
[cs] {391}
----_and hollow_
_Sickness sits caverned in his yellow eye_. --[MS. M. ]
[185] {393}["Thou hast harped my fear aright. " _Macbeth_, act iv. sc. 1,
line 74. ]
[186] {396}["Momus is the god of cruel mockery. He is said to have found
fault with the man formed by Hephaestus, because a little door had not
been left in his breast, so as to enable his fellows to look into his
secret thoughts. " (See Lucian's _Hermotimus_, cap. xx. ) There was a
proverb, ? ? ?
