| "Shall victor exult, or in death be laid low, |
| With his back to the field and his feet to the foe; |
| And leaving in battle no blot on his name, |
| Look proudly to heaven from the death-bed of fame." |
In the quarto edition of Gertrude of Wyoming, when the poet collected and reprinted his minor pieces, this lofty sentiment was thus stultified:—
| "Shall victor exult in the battle's acclaim, |
| Or look to yon heaven from the death-bed of fame." |
The original passage, however, was wisely restored in the subsequent editions.
MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH,
PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Two changes have been made; they can be identifiedin the body of the text by a grey dotted underline: | |
| just by by chance | just by chance |
| Beaumont fondly lets histhoughts wander in his letter to Johnson | Beaumont fondly lets histhoughts wander in his letter to Jonson |