“I have only just dismounted from my Pegasus, which has prevented me from descending to plain prose in an epistle of greater length to your fair self. You regretted in a former letter, that my poems were not more extensive; I now for your satisfaction announce that I have nearly doubled them, partly by the discovery of some I conceived to be lost, and partly by some new productions. We shall meet on Wednesday next; till then believe me yours affectionately,
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* The verses “To beautiful Quaker,” In his first volume, were written at Harrowgate. |
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† A horse of Lord Byron’s:—the other horse that he had with him at this time was called Sultan. |
| A. D. 1806. | LIFE OF LORD BYRON. | 77 |
“P.S. Your brother John is seized with a poetic mania, and is now rhyming away at the rate of three lines per hour—so much for inspiration! Adieu!”
