199—to R. C. Dallas
Oct. 14, 1811.
Dear Sir
,—Stanza 9th, for Canto 2nd, somewhat altered, to avoid recurrence in a former stanza.
| IX | There, thou! whose love and life together fled, Have left me here to love and live in vain:— Twined with my heart, and can I deem thee dead, When busy Memory flashes o'er my brain? Well—I will dream that we may meet again, And woo the vision to my vacant breast; If aught of young Remembrance then remain, Be as it may Whate'er beside Futurity's behest; |
| or | Howe'er may be For me 'twere bliss enough to see thy spirit blest! |
I think it proper to state to you, that this stanza alludes to an event which has taken place since my arrival here, and not to the death of any
male
friend.
Byron
.
