--THE
ANNOTATED
COPIES OF THE FOURTH EDITION OF 1811.
Byron
" Other copies bear the water-marks, "Allnutt,
1816," "Smith & Allnutt, 1816," "Ivy Mills, 1817," and "I. &R. Ansell,
1818. " A copy of a spurious issue of the Third Edition in the British
Museum prints "crawl" for "scrawl" (line 47), and "p. 73" for "p. 85. "
It has been surmised, but conclusive proof is not forthcoming, that a
so-called Fourth Edition of 1810 (1050 lines), which purports to have
been published by James Cawthorn, and bears the imprint, "_Printed by J.
Collins, Harvey's Buildings, Strand, London_," is a spurious issue. It
is practically a reprint of the Third Edition; but in some copies there
are misprints not to be found in other piracies--_e. g. _ "crouds" for
"crowds" (line 269), and "alter" for "altar"(line 285).
Copies of the Fourth Edition of 1810, which may possibly be genuine,
bear a water-mark, "G. &R. T. ," or are on plain paper. Copies which are
manifestly forgeries bear the water-marks, "J. X. 1810" and "W.
Pickering, 1816. "
A second Fourth Edition (1052 lines), published by "James Cawthorn and
Sharp & Hailes, 1811," and printed by "Cox, Son, & Baylis," was
certainly recognized by Byron as a genuine Fourth Edition, and must have
passed through his hands, or been subject to his emendation, before it
was sent to press. Copies of this edition bear his MS. emendations of
1811-1812, and marginal notes of 1816. Genuine copies (_e. g. _ Leigh
Hunt's copy, now in the Forster Collection at the South Kensington
Museum) are printed on paper bearing a water-mark, "J. Whatman, 1805. "
There was, however, another issue of the Fourth Edition of 1811, printed
on plain paper. Mr. Redgrave notes certain minute differences between
these two issues. In the edition on plain paper there is a hyphen to
"Cockspur-Street" on the title-page, and the word "Street" is followed
by a comma instead of a semicolon. Again, in the plain-paper copies
"Lambe" is spelt with an _e_, and in the water-mark copies the word is
correctly spelt "Lamb. " In the plain-paper copies the misprint
"Postcript" for "Postscript" is repeated, and in the copies bearing a
water-mark the word is correctly spelt "Postscript. " There are other
differences in the advertisements at the end of the volume.
A spurious Fourth Edition in Mr. Murray's possession, which has been
enriched with a series of prints of persons and places, bears the
water-marks, "1811," "1814. " Each page has been inserted into a folio
sheet bearing the water-mark, "J. Whatman, 1816. " A full-sized octavo,
in small print (B. M. 11645 P. 15), which purports to be the Fourth
Edition of 1811, is probably spurious. It is the survival of a distinct
issue from other genuine or spurious copies of the Fourth Edition.
The spurious issues of the Third and Fourth Editions, whether they were
printed in Ireland or were secretly thrown upon the market by James
Cawthorn after Byron had definitely selected Murray as his publisher,
were designed for the general reader and not for the collector. The
issue of a spurious First Edition after the improved and enlarged
editions of 1809-11 were published, must have been designed for the
Byron enthusiast, if not the collector of First Editions.
The Grangerized Fourth Editions prepared by Mr. W. M. Tartt and Mr. Evans
in 1819, 1820, and a Third, by John Murray at about the same period,
and, more remarkable still, a copy of the Fourth Edition of 1811,
prefaced by a specially printed "List of Names mentioned in the _English
Bards, and Scotch Reviewers_" interleaved with the additions made in the
Fifth Edition (B. M. ), point to the existence of a circle of worshippers
who were prepared to treat Byron's _Juvenilia_ as seriously as the
minute critics of the present generation. They seem to have been
sufficiently numerous to make piracy, if not forgery, profitable.
_Note_ (2). --CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST EDITION AS NUMBERED AND
THE PRESENT ISSUE AS NUMBERED.
First Edition (696 lines). Fifth (Present) Edition
(1070 lines).
1-26 = 103-128
27-246 = 143-362
247-262 in Edition 2. = Hobhouse's lines, omitted
263-372 = 418-528
373-470 = 540-637
471-522 = 707-758
523-526 = 761-764
527-586 = 799-858
587-654 = 881-948
655-667 = 961-972
668-696 = 981-1010
Second, Third, Fourth (a) Fifth (Present) Edition
Editions (1050 lines). (1070 lines).
1-96 = 1-96
97-521 = 103-527
522-740 = 540-758
741-1050 = 761-1070
Fourth (b) Edition (1052 Fifth (Present) Edition
lines). (1070 lines).
1-96 = 1-96
97-521 = 103-528
522-1052 = 540-1070
_Additions in the Second, Third, and Fourth (a) Editions_.
[The lines are numbered as in the Second, Third, and Fourth Editions. ]
1-96 Still must I hear . . . as you read. 96
123-136 Thus saith the Preacher . . . to grovelling Stott. 14
357-411 But if some new-born whim . . . lumbering back again. 55
620-688 Or, hail at once . . . virtue must apply. 69
745-778 When some brisk youth . . . thy pay for coats. 34
839-860 And here let Shee . . . and God-like men. 22
929-940 Yet what avails . . . blazes, and expires. 12
953-960 There Clarke, still . . . libel on mankind. 8
991-1050 Then, hapless Britain, . . . unjustly, none declare 60
----
370
696-16 (Hobhouse's lines) = 680 + 370 = 1050.
_Addition in Fourth Edition_ (1811).
741-742 Through Crusca's bards . . . columns still. 2
1050 + 2 = 1052.
_Additions in the Fifth (Present) Edition_.
97-102 'But hold! ' exclaims . . . shine with Pye. 6
528-539 Then, prosper, Jeffrey . . . inspires thy pen. 12
---
18
1052 + 18 = 1070.
_Emendations of the Text of the Fourth Edition (b) included in the text
of the Fifth and Present Editions_.
Fourth Fifth
Edition. Edition.
Line. Line.
28 _And men through life her willing slaves obey_.
Obeyed by all who nought beside obey. 28
30 _Unfolds her motley store to suit the time_.
Bedecks her cap with bells of every clime. 30
32 _When Justice halts, and Right begins to fail_.
And weigh their Justice in a golden scale. 32
71 _Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit_.
Fear not to lie,'twill seem a _sharper_ hit. 71
173 _Low may they sink to merited contempt_,
174 _And scorn remunerate the mean attempt_.
Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain! 179
And sadly gaze on Gold they cannot gain. 180
257 _How well the subject suits his noble mind_!
258 _"A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind_. "
So well the subject suits his noble mind, 263
He brays, the Laureate of the long-eared kind. 264
303 _In many marble-covered volumes view_
304 _Hayley, in vain attempting something new_:
305 _Whether he spin his comedies in rhyme_,
306 _Or scrawl, as Wood and Barclay walk, 'gainst time_.
Behold--Ye Tarts! --one moment spare the text! 309
HAYLEY'S last work, and worst--until his next; 310
Whether he spin poor couplets into plays, 311
Or damn the dead with purgatorial praise. 312
323 _And shows, dissolved in thine own melting tears_.
And shows, still whimpering thro' threescore of years. 329
327 _Whether in sighing winds thou seek'st relief_
328 _Or consolation in a yellow leaf_.
Whether thou sing'st with equal ease and grief, 333
The fall of empires or a yellow leaf. 334
385 _Fresh fish from Helicon! Who'll buy! Who'll buy_?
Fresh fish from Hippocrene! who'll buy? who'll buy? 391
387 _Too much in turtle Bristol's sons delight_,
388 _Too much o'er bowls of Rack prolong the night_.
Your turtle-feeder's verse must needs be flat, 393
Though Bristol bloat him with the verdant fat. 394
502 _First in the ranks illustrious shall be seen_.
First in the oat-fed phalanx shall be seen. 508
511 _As he himself was damned, shall try to damn_.
Damned like the Devil--Devil-like will damn. 517
532 _And grateful to the founder of the feast_,
533 _Declare his landlord can translate, at least_,
And, grateful for the dainties on his plate, 550
Declare his landlord can at least translate. 551
552 _While Kenny's World just suffered to proceed_,
553 _Proclaims the audience very kind indeed_.
While KENNY's "World"--ah! where is KENNY's wit? -- 570
Tires the sad gallery, lulls the listless Pit. 571
563 _Let Comedy resume her throne again_.
Let Comedy assume her throne again. 581
569 _Where_ GARRICK _trod, and_ KEMBLE _lives to tread_.
Where GARRICK trod, and SIDDONS lives to tread 587
614 _Raise not your scythe, Suppressors of our Vice_.
Whet not your scythe, Suppressors of our Vice. 632
625 _The Arbiter of pleasure and of play_.
Our arbiter of pleasure and of play. 643
661 _And, kinder still, a_ PAGET _for your wife_.
And, kinder still, two PAGETS for your wife. 679
728 _Want your defence, let Pity be your screen_.
Want is your plea, let Pity be your screen. 746
742 _Some stragglers skirmish round their columns still_.
Some stragglers skirmish round the columns still. 760
815 _The spoiler came; and all thy promise fair_
816 _Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there_.
The Spoiler swept that soaring Lyre away, 834
Which else had sounded an immortal lay. 835
891 _The native genius with their feeling given_.
The native genius with their being given. 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. 31^st^, 1811. N--d. A^y [_i. e. _ Newstead
Abbey] B.
"_Dum relego--scripsisse pudet--quia plurima cerno--
Me quoque--qui feci--judice digna lini_--B. J^y 20, 1812. "
and the verso the words, "Given me by the author on my birthday, Oct.
19, 1815. Leigh Hunt. "
u
P. 5. ingen(-i-)ous. [The misprint is a note of a genuine copy. ]
Lines 173, 174.
(-Low may they sink to merited contempt-)
(-And scorn remunerate the mean attempt. -)
Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain,
And sadly gaze on Gold they cannot gain.
[This emendation is not given in the Murray copy. ]
Lines 257, 258.
So
(-How-) well the subject suits his noble mind!
(-"A fellow feeling makes us wond'rous kind,"-)
He brays the Laureat of the long-eared kind!
[The Murray copy, which amends line 258 as above, leaves the "How"
unerased, but the Fifth Edition prints "So. "]
Lines 323-328.
And shows, (-dissolved in thine own tears-).
still whimpering through threescore years.
(-Whether in sighing-winds thou seek'st relief,-)
(-Or consolation in a yellow leaf. -)
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. ]
Line 728.
Want your (-defence-), let Pity be your screen
plea
Want is your plea, let Pity be your screen.
Lines 815, 816.
The spoiler (-came; and all thy promise fair-)
(-Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there. -)
The Spoiler swept that soaring Lyre away,
Which she had sounded an immortal lay.
[The emendation appears in both the annotated copies. ]
L. 903. Let Moore (-be lewd-)
still sigh
[This emendation does not appear in the Murray copy, but the words ["be
lewd"] have been underscored with a pencil, and a X placed against
them. ]
Line 946.
(-And even spurns the great Scatonian prize. -)
Even from the tempting ore of Seaton's prize.
[This emendation is given in both the annotated copies. ]
Lines 965, 966.
So sunk in dullness (-and so lost in shame-)
(-That SMYTHE and HODGSON scarce redeem thy fame. -)
So sunk in dullness that nor Hodgson's verse
Can make thee better--nor poor Hewson's worse.
[This emendation is not in the Murray copy. The Fifth Edition adopts the
further correction, "So lost to Phoebus" for "So sunk in dullness. "]
Line 969. (-"is-) wove,
she wove.
[This correction is not in the Murray copy. ]
Line 972. ----(-justly praise-) their sires.
----glory in their sires.
[This emendation is not given in the Murray copy.
The Leigh Hunt copy gives twenty MS. emendations (besides "Death" for
"death," in line 820, and the alteration of "rapid" to "rabid" in the
note on Hewson Clarke, line 962) including the note on Moore. The Murray
copy gives nine MS. emendations, of which six are identical with those
in the Hunt copy. Three emendations are peculiar to the Murray copy--]
(1) Lines 303-306.
Behold! --ye tarts! etc. (_vide ante_, p. 309).
(2) Line 614. (-Raise-) not your scythe.
Whet not your scythe.
(3) Line 661. ----"(-a Paget-) for your wife.
----two Pagets for your wife.
APPENDIX TO BIBLIOGRAPHY.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF LORD BYRON'S _POETICAL WORKS_.
_Note_. --The following catalogue of "illustrations of Lord Byron" has
been extracted from pp. 88, 89, 94-96 of "_The Prisoner of Chillon,
etc. _ Herausgegeben von Eugen Kolbing, Weimar. 1896. "
I.
Compositions in outline from Lord Byron's "Manfred" and "Prisoner of
Chillon," by Frederick Thrupp, sculptor. London, Pub^d by Ackermann and
Co. , Strand.
II.
The Pocket Magazine of classic and polite literature. With engravings,
illustrative of Lord Byron's Works. Vols. I. , II. London: Printed and
published by John Arliss. 1818.
III.
Forty illustrations of Lord Byron; by George Cruikshank. Published by J.
Robins and Co. , Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row. [June 12, 1824. ]
IV.
Six vignettes pour les Oeuvres de lord Byron, d'apres les tableaux de
MM. Alfred et Tony Johannot, gravees par MM. Koenig, Markl, Maulet,
Pourvoyeur, Mauduit. Paris. Furne, libraire-editeur. 1832.
V.
The Byron Gallery; a series of historical embellishments to illustrate
the poetical works of Lord Byron. London: published by Smith, Elder and
Co. 65 Cornhill. 1833.
VI.
Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron. With
original and selected information on the subjects of the engravings, by
W. Brockedon. Vols. I. -III. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street: sold
also by Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. 1833-1834.
VII.
Oeuvres de Lord Byron, gravures a l'eau-forte, par Reveil, d'apres les
dessins de A. Colin. Paris. Audot, editeur du Musee de peinture. 1833.
VIII.
Historical Illustrations of Lord Byron's Works in a series of etchings
by Reveil, from original paintings by A. Colin. London, Charles Tilt,
86, Fleet Street. 1834.
IX.
Galerie des dames de Byron. Trente-neuf planches. Paris:
Charpentier-editeur. 1836.
X.
Illustrations of the Works of Lord Byron, consisting of a portrait after
Saunders, a vignette title-page after Stothard, engraved by Blanchard,
two facsimiles of handwriting of Byron, and twenty etchings on steel by
Reveil, from original drawings by A. Colin; to which are added the
select passages in English and French, which form the subject of the
engravings. Adapted to all editions. Paris, Baudry, European Library,
etc. 1837.
XI.
Les dames de Byron; or portraits of the principal female characters in
Lord Byron's poems. Engraved from original paintings by eminent artists.
Under the superintendence of W. and L. Finden. London: Charles Tilt, 86,
Fleet Street. 1837.
XII.
Finden's Beauties of Byron; or, portraits of the principal female
characters in Lord Byron's poems. Engraved from original paintings by
eminent artists. With extracts illustrating each subject. London:
Charles Tilt, Fleet-street, and Thomas Wardle, Philadelphia.
XIII.
Cabinet of Poetry and Romance. Female portraits from the writings of
Byron and Scott. With poetical illustrations by Charles Swain. London:
David Bogue, 86, Fleet Street. 1845.
XIV.
Illustrations to the Works of Lord Byron. The drawings by Chalon,
Leslie, Harding, Herbert, Meadows, Stephanoff, E. Corbould, Fanny
Corbaux, Jenkins, and Westall. Engraved under the superintendence of Mr.
Charles Heath. A. Fullarton & Co.
1816," "Smith & Allnutt, 1816," "Ivy Mills, 1817," and "I. &R. Ansell,
1818. " A copy of a spurious issue of the Third Edition in the British
Museum prints "crawl" for "scrawl" (line 47), and "p. 73" for "p. 85. "
It has been surmised, but conclusive proof is not forthcoming, that a
so-called Fourth Edition of 1810 (1050 lines), which purports to have
been published by James Cawthorn, and bears the imprint, "_Printed by J.
Collins, Harvey's Buildings, Strand, London_," is a spurious issue. It
is practically a reprint of the Third Edition; but in some copies there
are misprints not to be found in other piracies--_e. g. _ "crouds" for
"crowds" (line 269), and "alter" for "altar"(line 285).
Copies of the Fourth Edition of 1810, which may possibly be genuine,
bear a water-mark, "G. &R. T. ," or are on plain paper. Copies which are
manifestly forgeries bear the water-marks, "J. X. 1810" and "W.
Pickering, 1816. "
A second Fourth Edition (1052 lines), published by "James Cawthorn and
Sharp & Hailes, 1811," and printed by "Cox, Son, & Baylis," was
certainly recognized by Byron as a genuine Fourth Edition, and must have
passed through his hands, or been subject to his emendation, before it
was sent to press. Copies of this edition bear his MS. emendations of
1811-1812, and marginal notes of 1816. Genuine copies (_e. g. _ Leigh
Hunt's copy, now in the Forster Collection at the South Kensington
Museum) are printed on paper bearing a water-mark, "J. Whatman, 1805. "
There was, however, another issue of the Fourth Edition of 1811, printed
on plain paper. Mr. Redgrave notes certain minute differences between
these two issues. In the edition on plain paper there is a hyphen to
"Cockspur-Street" on the title-page, and the word "Street" is followed
by a comma instead of a semicolon. Again, in the plain-paper copies
"Lambe" is spelt with an _e_, and in the water-mark copies the word is
correctly spelt "Lamb. " In the plain-paper copies the misprint
"Postcript" for "Postscript" is repeated, and in the copies bearing a
water-mark the word is correctly spelt "Postscript. " There are other
differences in the advertisements at the end of the volume.
A spurious Fourth Edition in Mr. Murray's possession, which has been
enriched with a series of prints of persons and places, bears the
water-marks, "1811," "1814. " Each page has been inserted into a folio
sheet bearing the water-mark, "J. Whatman, 1816. " A full-sized octavo,
in small print (B. M. 11645 P. 15), which purports to be the Fourth
Edition of 1811, is probably spurious. It is the survival of a distinct
issue from other genuine or spurious copies of the Fourth Edition.
The spurious issues of the Third and Fourth Editions, whether they were
printed in Ireland or were secretly thrown upon the market by James
Cawthorn after Byron had definitely selected Murray as his publisher,
were designed for the general reader and not for the collector. The
issue of a spurious First Edition after the improved and enlarged
editions of 1809-11 were published, must have been designed for the
Byron enthusiast, if not the collector of First Editions.
The Grangerized Fourth Editions prepared by Mr. W. M. Tartt and Mr. Evans
in 1819, 1820, and a Third, by John Murray at about the same period,
and, more remarkable still, a copy of the Fourth Edition of 1811,
prefaced by a specially printed "List of Names mentioned in the _English
Bards, and Scotch Reviewers_" interleaved with the additions made in the
Fifth Edition (B. M. ), point to the existence of a circle of worshippers
who were prepared to treat Byron's _Juvenilia_ as seriously as the
minute critics of the present generation. They seem to have been
sufficiently numerous to make piracy, if not forgery, profitable.
_Note_ (2). --CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST EDITION AS NUMBERED AND
THE PRESENT ISSUE AS NUMBERED.
First Edition (696 lines). Fifth (Present) Edition
(1070 lines).
1-26 = 103-128
27-246 = 143-362
247-262 in Edition 2. = Hobhouse's lines, omitted
263-372 = 418-528
373-470 = 540-637
471-522 = 707-758
523-526 = 761-764
527-586 = 799-858
587-654 = 881-948
655-667 = 961-972
668-696 = 981-1010
Second, Third, Fourth (a) Fifth (Present) Edition
Editions (1050 lines). (1070 lines).
1-96 = 1-96
97-521 = 103-527
522-740 = 540-758
741-1050 = 761-1070
Fourth (b) Edition (1052 Fifth (Present) Edition
lines). (1070 lines).
1-96 = 1-96
97-521 = 103-528
522-1052 = 540-1070
_Additions in the Second, Third, and Fourth (a) Editions_.
[The lines are numbered as in the Second, Third, and Fourth Editions. ]
1-96 Still must I hear . . . as you read. 96
123-136 Thus saith the Preacher . . . to grovelling Stott. 14
357-411 But if some new-born whim . . . lumbering back again. 55
620-688 Or, hail at once . . . virtue must apply. 69
745-778 When some brisk youth . . . thy pay for coats. 34
839-860 And here let Shee . . . and God-like men. 22
929-940 Yet what avails . . . blazes, and expires. 12
953-960 There Clarke, still . . . libel on mankind. 8
991-1050 Then, hapless Britain, . . . unjustly, none declare 60
----
370
696-16 (Hobhouse's lines) = 680 + 370 = 1050.
_Addition in Fourth Edition_ (1811).
741-742 Through Crusca's bards . . . columns still. 2
1050 + 2 = 1052.
_Additions in the Fifth (Present) Edition_.
97-102 'But hold! ' exclaims . . . shine with Pye. 6
528-539 Then, prosper, Jeffrey . . . inspires thy pen. 12
---
18
1052 + 18 = 1070.
_Emendations of the Text of the Fourth Edition (b) included in the text
of the Fifth and Present Editions_.
Fourth Fifth
Edition. Edition.
Line. Line.
28 _And men through life her willing slaves obey_.
Obeyed by all who nought beside obey. 28
30 _Unfolds her motley store to suit the time_.
Bedecks her cap with bells of every clime. 30
32 _When Justice halts, and Right begins to fail_.
And weigh their Justice in a golden scale. 32
71 _Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit_.
Fear not to lie,'twill seem a _sharper_ hit. 71
173 _Low may they sink to merited contempt_,
174 _And scorn remunerate the mean attempt_.
Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain! 179
And sadly gaze on Gold they cannot gain. 180
257 _How well the subject suits his noble mind_!
258 _"A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind_. "
So well the subject suits his noble mind, 263
He brays, the Laureate of the long-eared kind. 264
303 _In many marble-covered volumes view_
304 _Hayley, in vain attempting something new_:
305 _Whether he spin his comedies in rhyme_,
306 _Or scrawl, as Wood and Barclay walk, 'gainst time_.
Behold--Ye Tarts! --one moment spare the text! 309
HAYLEY'S last work, and worst--until his next; 310
Whether he spin poor couplets into plays, 311
Or damn the dead with purgatorial praise. 312
323 _And shows, dissolved in thine own melting tears_.
And shows, still whimpering thro' threescore of years. 329
327 _Whether in sighing winds thou seek'st relief_
328 _Or consolation in a yellow leaf_.
Whether thou sing'st with equal ease and grief, 333
The fall of empires or a yellow leaf. 334
385 _Fresh fish from Helicon! Who'll buy! Who'll buy_?
Fresh fish from Hippocrene! who'll buy? who'll buy? 391
387 _Too much in turtle Bristol's sons delight_,
388 _Too much o'er bowls of Rack prolong the night_.
Your turtle-feeder's verse must needs be flat, 393
Though Bristol bloat him with the verdant fat. 394
502 _First in the ranks illustrious shall be seen_.
First in the oat-fed phalanx shall be seen. 508
511 _As he himself was damned, shall try to damn_.
Damned like the Devil--Devil-like will damn. 517
532 _And grateful to the founder of the feast_,
533 _Declare his landlord can translate, at least_,
And, grateful for the dainties on his plate, 550
Declare his landlord can at least translate. 551
552 _While Kenny's World just suffered to proceed_,
553 _Proclaims the audience very kind indeed_.
While KENNY's "World"--ah! where is KENNY's wit? -- 570
Tires the sad gallery, lulls the listless Pit. 571
563 _Let Comedy resume her throne again_.
Let Comedy assume her throne again. 581
569 _Where_ GARRICK _trod, and_ KEMBLE _lives to tread_.
Where GARRICK trod, and SIDDONS lives to tread 587
614 _Raise not your scythe, Suppressors of our Vice_.
Whet not your scythe, Suppressors of our Vice. 632
625 _The Arbiter of pleasure and of play_.
Our arbiter of pleasure and of play. 643
661 _And, kinder still, a_ PAGET _for your wife_.
And, kinder still, two PAGETS for your wife. 679
728 _Want your defence, let Pity be your screen_.
Want is your plea, let Pity be your screen. 746
742 _Some stragglers skirmish round their columns still_.
Some stragglers skirmish round the columns still. 760
815 _The spoiler came; and all thy promise fair_
816 _Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there_.
The Spoiler swept that soaring Lyre away, 834
Which else had sounded an immortal lay. 835
891 _The native genius with their feeling given_.
The native genius with their being given. 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. 31^st^, 1811. N--d. A^y [_i. e. _ Newstead
Abbey] B.
"_Dum relego--scripsisse pudet--quia plurima cerno--
Me quoque--qui feci--judice digna lini_--B. J^y 20, 1812. "
and the verso the words, "Given me by the author on my birthday, Oct.
19, 1815. Leigh Hunt. "
u
P. 5. ingen(-i-)ous. [The misprint is a note of a genuine copy. ]
Lines 173, 174.
(-Low may they sink to merited contempt-)
(-And scorn remunerate the mean attempt. -)
Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain,
And sadly gaze on Gold they cannot gain.
[This emendation is not given in the Murray copy. ]
Lines 257, 258.
So
(-How-) well the subject suits his noble mind!
(-"A fellow feeling makes us wond'rous kind,"-)
He brays the Laureat of the long-eared kind!
[The Murray copy, which amends line 258 as above, leaves the "How"
unerased, but the Fifth Edition prints "So. "]
Lines 323-328.
And shows, (-dissolved in thine own tears-).
still whimpering through threescore years.
(-Whether in sighing-winds thou seek'st relief,-)
(-Or consolation in a yellow leaf. -)
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. ]
Line 728.
Want your (-defence-), let Pity be your screen
plea
Want is your plea, let Pity be your screen.
Lines 815, 816.
The spoiler (-came; and all thy promise fair-)
(-Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there. -)
The Spoiler swept that soaring Lyre away,
Which she had sounded an immortal lay.
[The emendation appears in both the annotated copies. ]
L. 903. Let Moore (-be lewd-)
still sigh
[This emendation does not appear in the Murray copy, but the words ["be
lewd"] have been underscored with a pencil, and a X placed against
them. ]
Line 946.
(-And even spurns the great Scatonian prize. -)
Even from the tempting ore of Seaton's prize.
[This emendation is given in both the annotated copies. ]
Lines 965, 966.
So sunk in dullness (-and so lost in shame-)
(-That SMYTHE and HODGSON scarce redeem thy fame. -)
So sunk in dullness that nor Hodgson's verse
Can make thee better--nor poor Hewson's worse.
[This emendation is not in the Murray copy. The Fifth Edition adopts the
further correction, "So lost to Phoebus" for "So sunk in dullness. "]
Line 969. (-"is-) wove,
she wove.
[This correction is not in the Murray copy. ]
Line 972. ----(-justly praise-) their sires.
----glory in their sires.
[This emendation is not given in the Murray copy.
The Leigh Hunt copy gives twenty MS. emendations (besides "Death" for
"death," in line 820, and the alteration of "rapid" to "rabid" in the
note on Hewson Clarke, line 962) including the note on Moore. The Murray
copy gives nine MS. emendations, of which six are identical with those
in the Hunt copy. Three emendations are peculiar to the Murray copy--]
(1) Lines 303-306.
Behold! --ye tarts! etc. (_vide ante_, p. 309).
(2) Line 614. (-Raise-) not your scythe.
Whet not your scythe.
(3) Line 661. ----"(-a Paget-) for your wife.
----two Pagets for your wife.
APPENDIX TO BIBLIOGRAPHY.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF LORD BYRON'S _POETICAL WORKS_.
_Note_. --The following catalogue of "illustrations of Lord Byron" has
been extracted from pp. 88, 89, 94-96 of "_The Prisoner of Chillon,
etc. _ Herausgegeben von Eugen Kolbing, Weimar. 1896. "
I.
Compositions in outline from Lord Byron's "Manfred" and "Prisoner of
Chillon," by Frederick Thrupp, sculptor. London, Pub^d by Ackermann and
Co. , Strand.
II.
The Pocket Magazine of classic and polite literature. With engravings,
illustrative of Lord Byron's Works. Vols. I. , II. London: Printed and
published by John Arliss. 1818.
III.
Forty illustrations of Lord Byron; by George Cruikshank. Published by J.
Robins and Co. , Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row. [June 12, 1824. ]
IV.
Six vignettes pour les Oeuvres de lord Byron, d'apres les tableaux de
MM. Alfred et Tony Johannot, gravees par MM. Koenig, Markl, Maulet,
Pourvoyeur, Mauduit. Paris. Furne, libraire-editeur. 1832.
V.
The Byron Gallery; a series of historical embellishments to illustrate
the poetical works of Lord Byron. London: published by Smith, Elder and
Co. 65 Cornhill. 1833.
VI.
Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron. With
original and selected information on the subjects of the engravings, by
W. Brockedon. Vols. I. -III. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street: sold
also by Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. 1833-1834.
VII.
Oeuvres de Lord Byron, gravures a l'eau-forte, par Reveil, d'apres les
dessins de A. Colin. Paris. Audot, editeur du Musee de peinture. 1833.
VIII.
Historical Illustrations of Lord Byron's Works in a series of etchings
by Reveil, from original paintings by A. Colin. London, Charles Tilt,
86, Fleet Street. 1834.
IX.
Galerie des dames de Byron. Trente-neuf planches. Paris:
Charpentier-editeur. 1836.
X.
Illustrations of the Works of Lord Byron, consisting of a portrait after
Saunders, a vignette title-page after Stothard, engraved by Blanchard,
two facsimiles of handwriting of Byron, and twenty etchings on steel by
Reveil, from original drawings by A. Colin; to which are added the
select passages in English and French, which form the subject of the
engravings. Adapted to all editions. Paris, Baudry, European Library,
etc. 1837.
XI.
Les dames de Byron; or portraits of the principal female characters in
Lord Byron's poems. Engraved from original paintings by eminent artists.
Under the superintendence of W. and L. Finden. London: Charles Tilt, 86,
Fleet Street. 1837.
XII.
Finden's Beauties of Byron; or, portraits of the principal female
characters in Lord Byron's poems. Engraved from original paintings by
eminent artists. With extracts illustrating each subject. London:
Charles Tilt, Fleet-street, and Thomas Wardle, Philadelphia.
XIII.
Cabinet of Poetry and Romance. Female portraits from the writings of
Byron and Scott. With poetical illustrations by Charles Swain. London:
David Bogue, 86, Fleet Street. 1845.
XIV.
Illustrations to the Works of Lord Byron. The drawings by Chalon,
Leslie, Harding, Herbert, Meadows, Stephanoff, E. Corbould, Fanny
Corbaux, Jenkins, and Westall. Engraved under the superintendence of Mr.
Charles Heath. A. Fullarton & Co.
