t once_----.--[MS. erased.]

[rs] {540} _Tears and sighs are idler still_.--[MS. erased.]

[rt] _Fare thee well--thus lone and blighted_.--[MS. erased.]

[ru] _A Sketch from Life._--[MS. M.]

[434] ["I send you my last night's dream, and request to have 50 copies
(for private distribution) struck off. I wish Mr. Gifford to look at
them; they are from life."--Letter to Murray, March 30, 1816.

"The original MS. of Lord Byron's Satire, 'A Sketch from Private Life,'
written by his Lordship, 30th March, 1816. Given by his Lordship to me
on going abroad after his separation from Lady Byron, John Hanson. To be
carefully preserved." (This MS. omits lines 19-20, 35-36, 55-56, 65-70,
77-78, 85-92.)

A copy entitled, "A sketch from private Life," dated March 30, 1816, is
in Mrs. Leigh's handwriting. The corrections and additions are in
Byron's handwriting.

A proof dated April 2, 1816, is endorsed by Murray, "Correct with most
particular care and print off 50 copies, and keep standing."]

[rv] _Promoted thence to comb_----[MS. M. erased.]

[rw] ----_early governess_.--[MS. M.]

[rx] ----_but that pure spirit saved her heart_.--[MS. M. erased.]

[ry] _Vain was each effort_----.--[MS. M.]

[rz]
_Much Learning madden--when with scarce a peer_
_She soared through science with a bright career_--
_Nor talents swell_----.--[MS. M.]

[sa] ----_bigotry prevoke_.--[MS. M. erased.]

[sb] _Serenely purest of the things that live_.--[MS. M.]

[sc] {542} _The trusty burthen of my honest song_.--[MS. M.]

[sd] _At times the highest_----.--[MS. M.]

[se] ----_of her evil will_.--[MS. M.]

[sf]
_What marvel that this mistress demon works_
/ _wheresoe'er she lurks_.--[MS. M.]
_Eternal evil_ {
\ _when she latent works_.--[Copy.]

[sg] _A gloss of candour of a web of wiles_.--[MS. M.]

[sh] {543} Lines 65-68 were added April 2, 1816.

[si] The parenthesis was added April 2, 1816.

[sj] _Look on her body_----.--[MS. M.]

[435] [See _Hamlet_, act iii. sc. 2, line 31.]

[sk] _Where all that gaze upon her droop or die_.--[MS. altered April 2,
1816.]

[436] Lines 85-91 were added April 2, 1816, on a page endorsed,
"Quick--quick--quick--quick."

[sl] {544} ----_in thy poisoned clay_.--[MS. M. erased.]

[437] ["I doubt about 'weltering' but the dictionary should decide--look
at it. We say 'weltering in blood'--but do they not also use 'weltering
in the wind' 'w