IN THIS BOOK A TRAVELLER HAD WRITTEN:—

“Fair Albion, smiling, sees her son depart

To trace the birth and nursery of art:

Noble his object, glorious is his aim;

He comes to Athens, and he—writes his name.”

BENEATH WHICH LORD BYRON INSERTED THE FOLLOWING:—

The modest bard, like many a bard unknown,

Rhymes on our names, but wisely hides his own;

But yet, whoe'er he be, to say no worse,

His name would bring more credit than his verse.

1810.

[First published, Life, 1830.]