But should I back return, no tempting press 1023
Shall drag my Journal from the desk's recess; 1024
Let coxcombs, printing as they come from far, 1025
Snatch his own wreath of Ridicule from Carr.
Shall drag my Journal from the desk's recess; 1024
Let coxcombs, printing as they come from far, 1025
Snatch his own wreath of Ridicule from Carr.
Byron
909
903 _Let MOORE be lewd; let STRANGFORD steal from Moore_.
Let MOORE still sigh; let STRANGFORD steal from MOORE. 921
922 _For outlawed SHERWOOD'S tales of ROBIN HOOD_.
For SHERWOOD'S outlaw tales of ROBIN HOOD. 940
946 _And even spurns the great Seatonian prize_.
Even from the tempting ore of Seaton's prize. 964
965 _So sunk in dullness and so lost in shame_,
966 _That SMYTHE and HODGSON scarce redeem thy fame_.
So lost to Phoebus, that nor Hodgson's verse 983
Can make thee better, nor poor Hewson's worse. 984
969 _On her green banks a greener wreath is wove_.
On her green banks a greener wreath she wove. 987
972 _And modern Britons justly praise their Sires_.
And modern Britons glory in their Sires. 990
984 _Earth's chief Dictatress, Ocean's mighty Queen_.
Earth's chief Dictatress, Ocean's lovely Queen. 1002
1005 _But should I back return, no lettered rage_
1006 _Shall drag my common-place book on the stage_:
1007 _Let vain VALENTIA rival luckless CARR_,
1008 _And equal him whose work he sought to mar_.
But should I back return, no tempting press 1023
Shall drag my Journal from the desk's recess; 1024
Let coxcombs, printing as they come from far, 1025
Snatch his own wreath of Ridicule from Carr. 1026
1016 _I leave topography to classic GELL. _
I leave topography to rapid GELL. 1034
1018 _To stun mankind with Poesy or Prose_.
To stun the public ear--at least with Prose. 1036
1049 _Thus much I've dared to do; how far my lay_.
Thus much I've dared: if my incondite lay. 1067
_Note_ (3). --THE ANNOTATED COPIES OF THE FOURTH EDITION OF 1811.
Two annotated copies of the genuine Fourth Edition of _English Bards,
etc. _ [1811], with MS. corrections in Byron's handwriting, are
extant--one in Mr. Murray's possession, and a second in the Forster
Library at the South Kensington Museum. The former, which contains the
marginal comments marked "B. 1816," has been assumed to have been
prepared as a press copy for the Fifth Edition; but, as the following
collation reveals, the latter, which belonged to Leigh Hunt, represents
a fuller and later, though not a final revision. The half-title bears
the inscription, "Byron, Dec.
903 _Let MOORE be lewd; let STRANGFORD steal from Moore_.
Let MOORE still sigh; let STRANGFORD steal from MOORE. 921
922 _For outlawed SHERWOOD'S tales of ROBIN HOOD_.
For SHERWOOD'S outlaw tales of ROBIN HOOD. 940
946 _And even spurns the great Seatonian prize_.
Even from the tempting ore of Seaton's prize. 964
965 _So sunk in dullness and so lost in shame_,
966 _That SMYTHE and HODGSON scarce redeem thy fame_.
So lost to Phoebus, that nor Hodgson's verse 983
Can make thee better, nor poor Hewson's worse. 984
969 _On her green banks a greener wreath is wove_.
On her green banks a greener wreath she wove. 987
972 _And modern Britons justly praise their Sires_.
And modern Britons glory in their Sires. 990
984 _Earth's chief Dictatress, Ocean's mighty Queen_.
Earth's chief Dictatress, Ocean's lovely Queen. 1002
1005 _But should I back return, no lettered rage_
1006 _Shall drag my common-place book on the stage_:
1007 _Let vain VALENTIA rival luckless CARR_,
1008 _And equal him whose work he sought to mar_.
But should I back return, no tempting press 1023
Shall drag my Journal from the desk's recess; 1024
Let coxcombs, printing as they come from far, 1025
Snatch his own wreath of Ridicule from Carr. 1026
1016 _I leave topography to classic GELL. _
I leave topography to rapid GELL. 1034
1018 _To stun mankind with Poesy or Prose_.
To stun the public ear--at least with Prose. 1036
1049 _Thus much I've dared to do; how far my lay_.
Thus much I've dared: if my incondite lay. 1067
_Note_ (3). --THE ANNOTATED COPIES OF THE FOURTH EDITION OF 1811.
Two annotated copies of the genuine Fourth Edition of _English Bards,
etc. _ [1811], with MS. corrections in Byron's handwriting, are
extant--one in Mr. Murray's possession, and a second in the Forster
Library at the South Kensington Museum. The former, which contains the
marginal comments marked "B. 1816," has been assumed to have been
prepared as a press copy for the Fifth Edition; but, as the following
collation reveals, the latter, which belonged to Leigh Hunt, represents
a fuller and later, though not a final revision. The half-title bears
the inscription, "Byron, Dec.
