Is dying in the echo—it is time
To break the spell of this protracted dream
And what will be the fate of this my rhyme
May not be of my augury——.—[MS. M. erased.]
[ql] Fatal—and yet it shakes me not—farewell.—[MS. M.]
[qm] Ye! who have traced my Pilgrim to the scene.—[MS. M.]
Laus Deo!
Byron.
July 19th, 1817.
La Mira, near Venice.
Laus Deo!
Byron.
La Mira, near Venice,
Sept. 3, 1817.
NOTES
TO
CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE.
CANTO IV.
1.
I stood in Venice, on the "Bridge of Sighs;"
A Palace and a prison on each hand.