The Triumph of Life. Emendations of the text as originally The original edition has out for one, cor- printed were derived from MS. by Dr. rected by Mr. Forman. Page 369. Letter to Maria Gisborne. The text as first printed has been emended with the aid of readings supplied by Dr. Garnett from Shelley's draft, and by Mr. Forman from a transcript in Mrs. Shelley's handwriting. Page 374. The Witch of Atlas. Some readings are derived from a transcript in Mrs. Shelley's handwriting used by Mr. Forman. Page 377. It was their work to bear to many a saint So Mr. Rossetti; previous edd. its work. Page 445. Fear Garnett. Page 491. Revenge and Wrong bring forth their I never saw the sun? kind, Dr. Garnett (Relics of Shelley) had printed For Revenge." The correction is Mr. Rossetti's. Page 455. Fragments of an Unfinished Drama. These fragments were in part printed by Mrs. Shelley, in part obtained from MS. by Dr. Garnett, and first printed by Mr. We will walk here Mr. Forman makes the ingenious suggestion 'I never saw the sun-rise? We will wake here. Page 498. The flames were fiercely vomited Flames is Mr. Rossetti's emendation on the line as previously printed—“The waves," etc. The Harvard College MS. in Shelley's A MS. of Shelley gives the reading handwriting is decisive as to the punctua"death-white shore. tion of the first two lines. Page 549. Of KING into the dust! or write it there, "King" is found in a fragment of the rough draft. Shelley and Mrs. Shelley put four asterisks in place of the word. Page 549. Or what if Art, an ardent intercessor, So Mrs. Shelley. In Shelley's edition "O," is printed in place of "Or." Page 553. Its mother's face with heaven's collected tears, The Harvard College MS. in Mrs. Shelley's handwriting has this reading. Later editions, "heaven-collected." Page 554. In a MS. copy by Shelley followed by My moonlike flight, thou then may'st mark Mr. Forman, we read, ll. 5-8— nesses, Pisa there still exists the prison of Ugolino, Through seas and winds, cities and wilderwhich goes by the name of 'La Torre della Fame; in the adjoining building the galley-slaves are confined. It is situated on the Ponte al Mare on the Arno." Page 560. And many pass it by with careless tread, Mrs. Shelley reads passed. The emendation is Mr. Rossetti's. Page 560. Readings in this Sonnet are derived from a copy in Shelley's handwriting sold at the Ollier sale, and from the Harvard College MS. Page 569. And the weary Day turned to his rest Mr. Forman suggests lands in place of winds; or should we read woods? Page 585. Under a heaven of cedar boughs; the And steed-subduing Castor, heirs of fame. drouth Mr. Rossetti corrected the error I adopt Mr. Forman's suggestion drouth subduing" in previous editions. instead of drought. Poems read Page 620. steel In Mrs. Shelley's editions, "too few." The soul with sweetness, as of an adept." Corrected by Mr. Rossetti. Page 618. Page 635. Thou dost alone the veil from death uplift. From his struck thigh stains her white So Harvard College MS.; printed editions " of death." Page 618. navel now, The MS. of Shelley has "her" for "his," in this and the following line. In truth, and Jove covered their love with With Mr. Rossetti I change it in its first joy, So the Harvard College MS.; printed editions incorrectly "In truth, and Jove covered them with love and joy." occurrence to "his." Page 656. The trunks are crushed and shattered Mr. Rossetti reads "scattered." Poems from St. Irvyne Following Mr. Rossetti's example I supply a title for each of these poems. Page 676. Stanza from a Translation, etc. Page 676. Bigotry's Victim. From Hogg's Life of Shelley, given in Dated a letter dated 28th April 1811. 1810 in a later revised MS. Page 677 On an Icicle, etc. The title is from Shelley's MS., where the poem (given in a revised text) is dated 1809. It is given also in a letter to Hogg, dated 6th January 1811, where Shelley says that he had been most of the previous night pacing a churchyard. Page 679. To Mary, who Died in this Opinion. From a letter to Miss Hitchener, 23d November 1811. Mr. Esdaile's MS. contains three poems "To Mary," with an Advertisement prefixed, and one "To the Lover of Mary." The date of these is November 1810. They are selected, Shelley says, from many written during three weeks of an entrancement caused by hearing Mary's story. Probably the poem here printed is one of those from among which he made his later selection. Page 679. A Tale of Society, etc. The title is from Shelley's MS., where the poem appears in a later text, and The present text extends to ten stanzas. is from a letter to Miss Hitchener, 7th January 1812. I make a few corrections from the later MS. Page 680. To the Republicans of North America. The title is from Shelley's MS.; the text, from a letter to Miss Hitchener, dated 14th February 1812. The later MS. contains an additional stanza. I make one or two corrections of text from this MS. Page 681. To Harriet: A Fragment. The poem from which this fragment is taken will be found in the Life of Shelley, The entire poem is given in a later MS. | by Edward Dowden, vol. i. pp. 286-288. |
