The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 (Lines In The Travellers' Book At Orchomenus)

Lines In The Travellers' Book At Orchomenus[9] IN THIS BOOK A TRAVELLER HAD WRITTEN:— “Fair Albion, smiling, sees her son depart To trace the birth and nursery of art: Noble his object, glorious is his aim; He comes to Athens, and he—writes his name.” BENEATH WHICH LORD BYRON INSERTED THE FOLLOWING:— The modest bard, like many a bard unknown, Rhymes on our names, but wisely hides his own; But yet, whoe'er he be, to say no worse, His name would bring more credit than his verse. 1810. [First published, Life, 1830.] Footnotes [9] {15} ["At Orchomenus, where stood the Temple of the Graces, I was tempted to exclaim, 'Whither have the Graces fled?' Little did I expect to find them here. Yet here comes one of them with golden cups and coffee, and another with a book. The book is a register of names.... Among these is Lord Byron's connected with some lines which I shall send you: 'Fair Albion,' etc." (See Travels in Italy, Greece, etc., by H. W. Williams, ii. 290, 291; Life, p. 101.)]