Byron "would not flatter him," perhaps because
he did not appreciate or flatter Byron.
he did not appreciate or flatter Byron.
Byron
Hamilton (1777-1859), see _Childe
Harold_, Canto II. stanza xiii. _var_. I, _Poetical Works_, 1899, ii.
108, _note_ 1. Lines 61, 62 were added October 12, 1817. ]
[82] [Madame de Stael's _Considerations sur la Revolution Francaise_ was
offered to Murray in June, 1816 (_Memoir, etc. , 1891_, i. 316), and the
sum of ? 4000 asked for the work. During the negotiations, Madame de
Stael died (July 14, 1817), and the book was eventually published by
Messrs. Baldwin and Cradock. --_Letters_, 1900, iv. 94, _note_. ]
[83] [Byron and the elder Schlegel met at Copet, in 1816, but they did
not take to each other.
Byron "would not flatter him," perhaps because
he did not appreciate or flatter Byron. ]
EPISTLE TO MR. MURRAY.
1.
MY dear Mr. Murray,
You're in a damned hurry
To set up this ultimate Canto;[84]
But (if they don't rob us)
You'll see Mr. Hobhouse
Will bring it safe in his portmanteau.
2.
For the Journal you hint of,[85]
As ready to print off,
No doubt you do right to commend it;
But as yet I have writ off
The devil a bit of
Our "Beppo:"--when copied, I'll send it.
3.
In the mean time you've "Galley"[86]
Whose verses all tally,
Perhaps you may say he's a Ninny,
But if you abashed are
Because of _Alashtar_,
He'll piddle another _Phrosine_. [87]
4.
Then you've Sotheby's Tour,--[88]
No great things, to be sure,--
You could hardly begin with a less work;
For the pompous rascallion,
Who don't speak Italian
Nor French, must have scribbled by guess-work.
5.
No doubt he's a rare man
Without knowing German
Translating his way up Parnassus,
And now still absurder
He meditates Murder
As you'll see in the trash he calls _Tasso's_.
6.
Harold_, Canto II. stanza xiii. _var_. I, _Poetical Works_, 1899, ii.
108, _note_ 1. Lines 61, 62 were added October 12, 1817. ]
[82] [Madame de Stael's _Considerations sur la Revolution Francaise_ was
offered to Murray in June, 1816 (_Memoir, etc. , 1891_, i. 316), and the
sum of ? 4000 asked for the work. During the negotiations, Madame de
Stael died (July 14, 1817), and the book was eventually published by
Messrs. Baldwin and Cradock. --_Letters_, 1900, iv. 94, _note_. ]
[83] [Byron and the elder Schlegel met at Copet, in 1816, but they did
not take to each other.
Byron "would not flatter him," perhaps because
he did not appreciate or flatter Byron. ]
EPISTLE TO MR. MURRAY.
1.
MY dear Mr. Murray,
You're in a damned hurry
To set up this ultimate Canto;[84]
But (if they don't rob us)
You'll see Mr. Hobhouse
Will bring it safe in his portmanteau.
2.
For the Journal you hint of,[85]
As ready to print off,
No doubt you do right to commend it;
But as yet I have writ off
The devil a bit of
Our "Beppo:"--when copied, I'll send it.
3.
In the mean time you've "Galley"[86]
Whose verses all tally,
Perhaps you may say he's a Ninny,
But if you abashed are
Because of _Alashtar_,
He'll piddle another _Phrosine_. [87]
4.
Then you've Sotheby's Tour,--[88]
No great things, to be sure,--
You could hardly begin with a less work;
For the pompous rascallion,
Who don't speak Italian
Nor French, must have scribbled by guess-work.
5.
No doubt he's a rare man
Without knowing German
Translating his way up Parnassus,
And now still absurder
He meditates Murder
As you'll see in the trash he calls _Tasso's_.
6.
