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The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4

Note 9 — THE PRISONER OF CHILLON

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[Compare, for similarity of sound—

"Thou tree of covert and of rest For this young Bird that is distrest."

Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle, by W. Wordsworth, Works, 1889, p. 364.

Compare, too—

"She came into the cave, but it was merely To see her bird reposing in his nest."

Don Juan, Canto II. stanza clxviii. lines 3, 4.]

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