self, who, I hope, is convinced that I have not been a wilful plagiarist. The original idea undoubtedly pertains to Mr. Coleridge, whose poem has been composed above fourteen years. Let me conclude by a hope that he will not longer delay the publication of a production, of which I can only add my mite of approbation to the applause of far more competent judges. NOTE 7. There is a light cloud by the moon. Page 102, line 18. I have been told that the idea expressed from lines 598 to 603 has been admired by those whose approbation is valuable. I am glad of it: but it is not original—at least not mine; it may be found much better expressed in pages 182-3-4 of the English version of "Vathek " (I forget the precise page of the French), a work to which I have before referred; and never recur to, or read, without a renewal of gratification. NOTE 8. The horsetails are pluck'd from the ground, and the sword. Page 104, line 18. The horsetail, fixed upon a lance, a Pacha's standard. NOTE 9. And since the day, when in the strait. Page 110, line 7. In the naval battle at the mouth of the Dardanelles, between the Venetians and the Turks. NOTE 10. The jackal's troop, in gather'd cry. Page 122, line 7. I believe I have taken a poetical license to transplant the jackal from Asia. In Greece I never saw nor heard these animals; but among the ruins of Ephesus I have heard them by hundreds. They haunt ruins, and follow armies. |