Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-08-15

|REooLLEeTtoNs or LonB BYR0r.-Ths
rapidity with which his Lordship wrote,
must be sufficiently obvious, from the mum.
Der Of his works, The best Of which wero
generally the most hastily composed. Tho
words Of the melody, "fhe Harp, the NgD.
arch Minstrel swept" have been pteatiy
and deservedly admired, yet the eircum.
stances that attend the composition Of tho
latter lines, may DO interesting. Az his
Lordship put tho copy into my hand, 1t ter.
minated thus-"Its sounds aspitedt to hsav.
en- and there abode" This, however, did
not complete the verse and | wished his
Lordshlp to hold out the melody. lie re-
piled, "Why, | have sent you to heaven--it
would be difficult to go farther" My al.
tenti0n for o few minutes was then called
to sotns other person, at the expiration Of
which, his Lordship, whom | had hardly
mis- cd, exclaimed, "EIere, Nathan, | have
brought you down again," mud immediate.
y presented me With The etquisitely beau.
tiful lines which conclude the melody.
II is remarked hat Lord Byron was less
successful in bis amatory than bis philoso-
phisal compositions, yet The deligaey of the
compliment paid to the beautiful subject gf
the lines II saw thee weep" would seem
10 contradict the idea Of his failure. Ger
tain'y no man could be d warmer ndnirer,
OF q more ardent lover Of the fair, than his
Lordship, but he not %unfrequontly observed
TINT love was somewhat Il trite subject for
IL new poet. lie doubted efficiency In love
efflsiohs, as TO those that had written most
and commonly had been least successful.
AS nm instance Of the systematic respect he
personally paid to the ladies', il may BIO
worth recording That no abruptly left sever.
al h0blemen, who had waited on him reln.
tive to important business, In order to SEQ
0 lady Of whom he know nothing, but who
had ut that moment been announced, with
this apology lady wants to see me
am convinced every gentleman present
will acknowledge the propri6ty Of my i'm.
mediatoly answering tho requisition-an
apology, therefore, would be impertinent.
1.-THE foregoing anecd0te Is Illustrative Of
his lord5hip's attention to tho fair sex, tho
following one is perhaps not less chnrac.
~teristie ofthe poetic feeling which usually
accompanied bis complimentary illusions
OF gaIlantry. At a party whore bis lord.
ship was preseht,a reference to those Gle.
CANT lines commencing, with 'ffthat biph
world" had given rise to u speculative ar.
gument on The probability o~fhappiness IN
future state, and oceasiOned d desire IN one
OF the ladies TO ascertain his lordship's
opinion on the subject. Request, there.
fore, to know what might constitute, IN It's
idea, he happiness Of the next world, IL
quickly replied, "He pleasure, madam, Of
seeing yotf There"
IT was generally conceived that Lotd
Byron's irregularities approached, on some
occasions 10 arrangement, and ut one pc
Rod, indeed, II was very currently asserted
that his intelleets we're actually disturbed.
There will be little necessity 10 assure the
Clint the assertion was altogether
u%nfothded. The report only served to am.
use his Lordsbip. lie referred to the cir.
C~umsianoo, and declared he would try how
d mailman could write. Selling tho pen
with avidity, ho for n moment fixed bis eyes
in a majestic wildness on a vacancy, when
like II lash Of inspiration, without srasina
u single word, the verses, "My.sonl ia
were tho result which he put into
my hands, with this t~emark~-affI am mud
who write, be certain that you arc no who
compose ~ There were occasions never.
on which his lordsbip gticyed al
The misrepresentation that were made of
him. They we're, however, transitoyy,
and became afterwards The subject Of his
ocula rity and wit.-Nnhan,s Hebrew
lieiod ies.