Queen Mab, i. lines 1, 2.]
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"And Water shall hear me,
And know thee and fly thee;
And the Winds shall not touch thee
When they pass by thee....
And thou shalt seek Death
To release thee in vain."
The Curse of Kehama, by R. Southey, Canto II.]
[134] [The last three lines of this terrible denunciation were not in the original MS. In forwarding them to Murray (September 12, 1821, Letters, 1901, v. 361), to be added to Eve's speech, Byron says, "There's as pretty a piece of Imprecation for you, when joined to the lines already sent, as you may wish to meet with in the course of your business. But don't forget the addition of these three lines, which are clinchers to Eve's speech.">[