Note 11 — LORD BYRON:
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His translation of the pretty Portuguese song, "Tu mi chamas." He was tempted to try another version of this ingenious thought, which is, perhaps, still more happy, and has never, I believe, appeared in print.
"You call me still your life—ah! change the word— Life is as transient as th' inconstant's sigh; Say rather I'm your soul, more just that name, For, like the soul, my love can never die."