Two Letters To The Right Honorable Lord Byron In Answer To His Lordship'S Letter To On The Rev. Wm. L. Bowles'S Strictures On The Life And Writings Of Pope More Particularly On The Question Whether Poetry Be More Immediately Indebted To What Is Sublime Or

Excerpt from Two Letters to the Right Honorable Lord In Answer to His Lordship's Letter to on the Rev. Wm; L. Bowles's Strictures on the Life and Writings of PopeI Trust Lord Byron will excuse me for having made somewhat free with the singular Motto to his book. It is, "I will play at Bowls with the Sun and the Moon." - Old Song.A "certain Family" had been spoken of, in the Quarterly Review, as "ringing changes on Nature for two "thousand years."By a somewhat ludicrous coincidence, it happens that the "arms" of this "family" are, literally, a "sun and "moon," a Sun, or, and a Moon, argent, secundum artem.It is, therefore, with this Sun and Moon, that Lord Byron, I have no doubt, plays at "Bowls!" Not with the Sun and Moon in Nature.In return, I have only ventured to take, as an inscription to my shield, his Lordship's motto, with a trifling He that plays at "Bowls" (with the "Sun and Moon") must expect "rubbers;"Which is only an old "proverb," for part of an old song! As for any alteration in his heraldic motto, I should not dare to say, Ne crede Byron; but, I think, in this game, I shall take from his Lordship's arms the "supporters;" though I would not, if I could, touch the graceful and glittering crest of his high poetical character; and long may he wear it uninjured!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."