[150] The Parthenon, stanza 3.
[151] The Curse of Minerva, 95–116.
[152] Byron expressed his esteem for his new friend in his Journal, December 10, 1813:—“I have just had the kindest letter from Moore. I do think that man is the best-hearted, the only hearted being I ever encountered; and then, his talents are equal to his feelings” (Letters, ii., 371).
[153] See Byron’s impromptu lines to Moore in a letter of May 19, 1812, in which he says, speaking of a projected visit to Hunt in prison:—
“Pray Phœbus at length our political malice
May not get us lodgings within the same palace.”
(Letters, ii., 204–209.)
[154] See Letters, ii., 463–492 (Appendix vii.).
[155] Letters, iii., 61.
[156] Letters, ii., 134.