Note 27 — Chapter IV
Reading edition
In the margin of F of F—A Mary wrote, “Lord B’s Chde Harold.” The reference is to stanzas 71 and 72 of Canto IV. Byron compares the rainbow on the cataract first to “Hope upon a death-bed” and finally
Resembling, ’mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.