Glance down his hues from their celestial clime

To lure thee forth;—yet can all these excite

In thy cold breast no chord’s responsive chime?

Still wilt thou choose a prison-yard and cell?—

Well! God forgive thy choice, for thou dost penance well.

Transcriber's Notes

The following changes have been made to the text as printed:

  1. Marked footnotes have been located immediately below the stanza, heading or paragraph to which they refer.
  2. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
  3. [Page 161] (Canto 8), heading to final stanza: "LXII" changed to "LXXII".
  4. Notes, [Page 185] (Canto 2): word "STANZA" prepended to heading "XXVIII".
  5. Notes, [Page 186] (Canto 2): heading "STANZA XXXVII" corrected to "STANZA XXXVIII".
  6. Notes, [Page 201] (Canto 5, Stanza 11, second note): reference to "stanza xxii" corrected to "stanza xxxiii".
  7. Notes, [Page 202] (Canto 5): heading "STANZA LXII" corrected to "STANZA LXIII".

The following anomalies in the printed text are noted, but no change has been made: