Note 350 — FRANCESCA OF RIMINI.
Reading edition
[The meaning is that she was despoiled of her beauty by death, and that the manner of her death excites her indignation still. "Among Lord Byron's unpublished letters we find the following varied readings of the translation from Dante:—
Seized him for the fair person, which in its Bloom was ta'en from me, yet the mode offends. or, Seized him for the fair form, of which in its Bloom I was reft, and yet the mode offends. Love, which to none beloved to love remits, Seized me { with mutual wish to please wish of pleasing him with the desire to please } so strong, That, as thou see'st, not yet that passion quits, etc.
You will find these readings vary from the MS. I sent you. They are closer, but rougher: take which is liked best; or, if you like, print them as variations. They are all close to the text."—Works of Lord Byron, 1832, xii. 5, note 2.]