P. 201, C. XII. st. xii. 11. 6-8 : "Will I stand up before God's golden throne, And cry, O Lord, to thee did I betray An Atheist; but for me she would have known' " P. 205, c. XII. st. xxix. l. 4: Page 179. Words which the lore of truth in lines of flame Shelley's edition reads "lines of grace." "In torment and in fire have Atheists gone;" | The emendation is Mr. Forman's. P. 205, c. XII. st. xxx. l. 4: "How Atheists and Republicans can die;" Of an ancestral name the orphan chief, In Oh! Love who to the heart of wandering the Posthumous Poems there is a full stop man Shelley's edition has "hearts of wandering men." The emendation is Mr. Rossetti's. Page 173. after chief. Page 213. And sweet and subtle talk they evermore And Hate is throned on high with Fear editions, "now evermore.' his mother, This is the reading of Laon and Cythna. The Revolt of Islam has her mother." There is no authority for her, Mr. Forman says, in Shelley's revised copy. Page 220. " And down my cheek the quick tears ran Page 290. Withering in destined pain: but who Darting from starry depths radiance and rains down Shelley's edition has "reigns down," which Mr. Forman defends. Page 273. Which in the winds and on the waves doth move, The word and, introduced here by Mr. Rossetti, is wanting in Shelley's edition. Page 274. And clung to it; tho' under my wrath's night Shelley's edition reads "wrath's might." Mrs. Shelley made the correction. life, doth move, So MS. and Mr. Forman; other editions "radiance and light." Page 290. A half unfrozen dew-globe, So Mrs. Shelley; in original edition ' infrozen." Page 291. And the weak day weeps That it should be so. Mr. Rossetti makes these lines the close of the preceding speech-that of the moon. 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 476. 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. 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 So in the Posthumous Poems. "Moonlight flight" in Mrs. Shelley's later editions. Page 559. The Tower of Famine. It is uncertain whether the following note be Mrs. Shelley's or Shelley's: "At Pisa there still exists the prison of Ugolino, which 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 "As the wood when leaves are shed, As the night when sleep is fled, And, l. 10 "The owlet night resumes his reign." Page 583. Through seas and winds, cities and wilder nesses, Mr. Forman suggests lands in place of winds; or should we read woods ? Page 585. The Boat on the Serchio. Partly given by Mrs. Shelley; additions and corrections made from Shelley's MS. by Mr. Rossetti. Page 587. Given first in Posthumous Poems. Two forms are printed in Mrs. Shelley's second edition of 1839. Page 587. The sonnet as here given was obtained from MS. by Mr. Rossetti. |