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rival, but the Cadrilla of the earlier poem is changed to Camilla in the later for the sake of euphony. The "Lover's Bay," and "the house among the pines" are described in both poems, and the dark eyes of the heroine—"Oh! such dark eyes"—are mentioned in "The Golden Supper" in the same identical terms as in the poem to which it forms a sequel.
It is singular that "The Lover's Tale" contains a line which had been already used in the prize poem of "Timbuctoo":
"Henceforth my name has been
A hallow'd memory like the names of old,
A center'd, glory-circled memory."
A hallow'd memory like the names of old,
A center'd, glory-circled memory."
We might quote many passages of great beauty from "The Lover's Tale;" we must, however, content ourselves with two very short quotations.[1] We select the following to begin with, on account of the fine simile of the camel. It opens with the lines quoted by Milnes:
"To me alone,
Push'd from his chair of regal heritage,
The Present is the vassal of the Past:
Push'd from his chair of regal heritage,
The Present is the vassal of the Past:
- ↑ The whole poem contains about eleven hundred lines.
