Note 13 — AS THE AUTHOR WAS DISCHARGING HIS PISTOLS IN A GARDEN, TWO LADIES PASSING NEAR THE SPOT, WERE ALARMED BY THE SOUND OF A BULLET HISSING NEAR THEM. TO ONE OF WHOM THE FOLLOWING VERSES ON THE OCCASION, WERE ADDRESSED THE NEXT MORNING.
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Footnote 13:
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This word is used by GRAY in his poem to the fatal Sisters:—
"Iron sleet of arrowy shower, Hurtles through the darken'd air."