Lies in that lone and drear chapelle."
The writer of the review in Blackwood (Dec. 1839) of Mr. Tupper's lame and impotent conclusion to Christabel, remarks that—
"Mr. Tupper does not seem to know that Christabel was continued many years ago, in a style that perplexed the public, and pleased even Coleridge. The ingenious writer meant it for a mere jeu d'esprit."
Query: Who was this "ingenious writer?"
While on the subject of Christabel, I may note a parallelism in reference to a line in Part I.:
"Her face, oh call it fair, not pale!"
"E smarrisce il bel volto in un colore,
Che non è pallidezza, ma candore."
Tasso, G. Lib. c. ii. st. 26.
J. M. B.