22 Lyrical Poems. II. The Isles of Greece. We think it proper to give Ibis celebrated Ode — however great a masterpiece in itself — with its satirical framework. Thus we conceive justice is most fully done to the great genius of the illustri- ous Poet. It is quite certain that Byron’s object was to be the Ariosto of his country, to be an English Ariosto , and he fully attained it. The „Isles of Greece” preceded by the humorous description of the Greek Poet, & followed by the noble Lord’s reflections on poetical fame and his thrusts at contem- porary bards, strongly exhibit him in this light. Here is the Italian poet’s easy flight through every region of thought} here are his bold passages between sentiments & feelings of the most opposite de- scription} but Byron’s satire is more pungent, his passion more condensed, his boldness more startling. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, admired Petrarch and was his imitator. Milton had thoroughly studied Dante, but was not his imitator: Byron had studied Ariosto, & his predecessors in the same description of verse, and he certainly was, of the three English poets here named, furthest from being an imitator } yet he was most successful in accomplishing that which became the object of his ambition after the year 1817 viz. to introduce into, and make indigenous in England the Ariostic stanza, not only in form but also in substance. The Greek Poet. (Don Juan Canto III.) LXXVIII. Anti now they were diverted by their suite, Dwarfs, dancing girls, black eunuchs, and a poet, Which made their new establishment complete; The last was of great fame, and liked to show it: His verses rarely wanted theirduefeet— And for his theme — he seldom sung below it, He being paid to satirise or flatter, As the psalm says, „inditing a good matter.” Og nu underholdtcs de af deres Ffilge, || Dvarge, Dandse-piger, sorte Eunucher, og en Digter, || Hvorved deres nye Husholdning gjor- des fuldstaindig; || Den sidstna*vnte var i ct stort Ry og lioldt af at vise det : || Hans Yers sjailden manglcdc deres tilborlige Fodder— || Og livad bans Sujet angaaer — saa faldt hans Sang sjailden neden for det, || Da han var betalt for at satyrisere eiler smigre, || Som det Redder j i Psalmen ,,atudgyde en god Tale” [Ps.45V. 1]. uppermost soldier, as Rome had long been. As for a despotism, if Augustus could have been sure that all his successors would have been like himself — (I mean not as Octavius, but Augustus) or Napoleon could have insured the world that none of his successors would have been like himself — the ancient or mo- dern world might have gone on , like the em- pire of China, in a state of lethargic prosperity. Suppose, for instance, that, instead of Tiberius and Caligula, Augustus had been immediately succeeded by Nerva, Trajan, the Antonines, or even by Titus and his father — what a diffe- rence in our estimate of himself! — So far from gaining by the contrast, I think that one hdlf of our dislike arises from his having been heired by Tiberius — and one half of Julius Czesar’s fame, from his having had his empire consolidated by Augustus.— Suppose that there had been no Octavius, and Tiberius had 'jumped the life ‘between, and at once succeeded Julius ? — And yet it is difiicult to say whether here- ditary right or popular choice produce the worser sovereigns. The Roman Consuls make a goodly show; hut then they only reigned for a year, and were under a sort of personal obligation to distinguish themselves. It is still more difficult to say which form of gover- ment is the worst — all are so bad. As for democracy, tt is the worst of the whole; for what is, in fact, democrary? — an aristocrary of blackguards.”] 20) [On being reminded by a friend of his recent promise not to write any more for years — ,,There was”, replied Lord Byron, ,,a mental reservation in my pact with the public, in behalf of anonymes; and, even had there not, the provocation was such as to make it physically impossible to pass over this epoch of triumphant tameness. ’T is a sad business; and after all , 1 shall think higher of rhyme and reason, and very humbly of your heroic people, till —■ Elba becomes a volcano, and sends him out again. I can’t think it is all over yet.”]

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