[ [600] {561}[Byron spoke and voted in favour of the Earl of Donoughmore's motion for a Committee on the Roman Catholic claims, April 21, 1812. (See "Parliamentary Speeches," Appendix II., Letters, 1898, ii. 431-443.)]
[ [jc] My arm, though but feeble——.—[Medwin.]
[ [jd]——though thou wert not my land.—[Medwin.]
[ [601] [For Grattan and Curran, see letter to Moore, October 2, 1813, Letters, 1898, ii. 271, note 1; for Sheridan, see "Introduction to Monody," etc., ante, pp. [69], [70].]
Nor the steps of enslavers, and slave-kissing slaves
Be damp'd in the turf——.—[Medwin.]
[ [jf] Though their virtues are blunted——.—[Medwin.]
[ [jg] {562}——that I envy their dead.—[Medwin.]
[ [jh] They're the heart—the free spirit—the genius of Moore.—[MS. M.]
[ [602] ["Signed W. L. B——, M.A., and written with a view to a Bishoprick."—Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 527, note.