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The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4

Note 545 — THE VISION OF JUDGMENT. BY QUEVEDO REDIVIVUS.

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[In the Diable Boiteux (1707) of Le Sage, Don Cleofas, clinging to the cloak of Asmodeus, is carried through the air to the summit of San Salvador. Compare—

"Oh! could Le Sage's demon's gift Be realiz'd at my desire, This night my trembling form he'd lift, To place it on St. Mary's spire."

Granta, a Medley, stanza 1., Poetical Works, 1898, i. 56, note 2.]

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