[ad] {76}
Old Hunter of mankind when baited and ye
All brutal who pursued both brutes and men.—[MS. M. erased.]
[ae] {78} With arrows peeping through his falling hair.—[MS. M. erased.]
[24] [In the diary for November 23, 1813 (Letters, 1898, ii. 334, 335), Byron alludes to a dream which "chilled his blood" and shook his nerves. Compare Coleridge's Pains of Sleep, lines 23-26—
"Desire with loathing strangely mixed,
On wild or hateful objects fixed.
Fantastic passions! maddening brawl!
And shame and terror over all!">[
[25] {79}[For the story of Semiramis and Ninya, see Justinus Hist., lib. i. cap. ii.]