But the difference, even in form, between the two passages is more remarkable than the resemblance, and the interpretation, the moral of Byron's vision is distinct from, if not alien to, Wordsworth's. The "Solitary" sees all heaven opened; the revealed abode of spirits in beatitude—a refuge and a redemption from "this low world of care;" while Myrrha drinks in "enough of heaven," a medicament of "Sorrow and of Love," for the invigoration of "the common, heavy, human hours" of mortal existence. For a charge of "imitation," see Works of Lord Byron, 1832, xiii. 172, note I. See, too, Poetical Works, etc., 1891, p. 271, note 2.]
[al] {95}
Sunrise and sunset form the epoch of
Sorrow and love; and they who mark them not
{ Are fit for neither of those
Can ne'er hold converse with these two.—[MS. M. erased.]
[am] Of labouring wretches in alloted tasks.—[MS. M. erased.]
[an] {97} We are used to such inflictions.—[MS. M. erased.]
[29] {101} About two miles and a half.
[ao] {102} Complexions, climes, æras, and intellects.—[MS. M. erased.]