The Works of Lord Byron Volume I Part 117

[Footnote x.x.xv:

'And Vice buds forth developed with his Teens.'

[MS. M.]]

[Footnote x.x.xvi:

'The beardless Tyro freed at length from school.

[MSS. L. (b), M. erased'.]

'And blus.h.i.+ng Birch disdains all College rule.

[MS. M. erased'.]

'And dreaded Birch.

[MS. L.' (a' and 'b').]]

[Footnote x.x.xvii:

'Unlucky Tavell! d.a.m.ned to daily cares By pugilistic Freshmen, and by Bears.'

['MS. M. erased'.]]

[Footnote x.x.xviii:

'Ready to quit whatever he loved before, Constant to nought, save hazard and a wh.o.r.e.'

['MS. L. (a)'.]]

[Footnote x.x.xix:

'The better years of youth he wastes away.'

['MS. L. (a)'.]]

[Footnote xl:

'Master of Arts, as all the Clubs proclaim.'

['MS. L. (b)'.]]

[Footnote xli:

'Sc.r.a.pes wealth, o'er Grandam's endless jointure grieves.'

['MS. erased'.]

'O'er Grandam's mortgage, or young hopeful's debts.'

['MS. L. (a)'.]]

'O'er Uncle's mortgage.'

['MS. L. (b)'.]]

[Footnote xlii:

'Your plot is told or acted more or less.'

['MS. M.']]

[Footnote xliii:

'To greater sympathy our feelings rise When what is done is done before our eyes.'

['MS. L. (a)'.]]

[Footnote xliv:

'Appalls an audience with the work of Death-- To gaze when Hubert simply threats to sere.'

['MS. L. (a)'.]]

[Footnote xlv:

'Nor call a Ghost, unless some cursed hitch Requires a trapdoor Goblin or a Witch.'

['MS. L. (a)'.]]

[Footnote xlvi:

'This comes from Commerce with our foreign friends These are the precious fruits Ausonia sends.'

['MS. L. (a)'.]]