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w before I began my course as a man of letters。 If a man is determined to make a noise in the world�察�he is as sure to encounter abuse and ridicule�察�as he who gallops furiously through a village must reckon on being followed by the curs in full cry。 Experienced persons know that in stretching to flog the latter�察�the rider is very apt to catch a bad fall�察�nor is an attempt to chastise a malignant critic attended with less danger to the author。 On this principle�察�I let parody�察�burlesque�察�and squibs find their own level�察�and while the latter hissed most fiercely�察�I was cautious never to catch them up�察�as schoolboys do�察�to throw them back against the naughty boy who fired them off�察�wisely remembering that they are in such cases apt to explode in the handling。  Let me add�察�that my reign��FN#4�А。�since Byron has so called it�� was marked by some instances of good´ nature as well as patience。  I never refused a literary person of merit such services in smoothing his way to the public as were in my power�察�and I had the advantage�察�rather an uncommon one with our irritable race�察�to enjoy general favour without incurring permanent ill´will�察�so far as is known to me�察�among any of my contemporaries。

   W。S。    Abbotsford�察�April�察�1830。

Our limits do not permit us to add any extended selections from the many critical notices of the poem。  The verdict of Jeffrey�察�in the Edinburgh Review�察�on its first appearance�察�has been generally endorsed��

;Upon the whole�察�we are inclined to think more highly of The Lady  of the Lake than of either of its author's former publications ��the Lay and Marmion�А�  We are more sure�察�however�察�that it has fewer faults than that it has greater beauties�察�and as its beauties bear a strong resemblance to those with which the public has been already made familiar in these celebrated works�察�we should not be surprised if its popularity were less splendid and remarkable。  For our own parts�察�however�察�we are of opinion that it will be oftener read hereafter than either of them�察�and that�察�if it had appeared first in the series�察�their reception would have been less favourable than that which it has experienced。  It is more polished in its diction�察�and more regular in its versification�察�the story is constructed with infinitely more skill and address�察�there is a greater proportion of pleasing and tender passages�察�with much less antiquarian detail�察�and�察�upon the whole�察�a larger variety of characters�察�more artfully and judiciously contrasted。  There is nothing so fine�察�perhaps�察�as the battle in Marmion�察�or so picturesque as some of the scattered sketches in the Lay�察�but there is a richness and a spirit in the whole piece which does not pervade either of those poems�察�a profusion of incident and a shifting brilliancy of colouring that reminds us of the witchery of Ariosto�察�and a constant elasticity and occasional energy which seem to belong more peculiarly to the author now before us。;





Canto First。




Each canto is introduced by one or more Spenserian stanzas�撮�FN#5�А�forming a kind of prelude to it。  Those prefixed to the first canto serve as an introduction to the whole poem�察�which is ;inspired by the spirit of the old Scottish minstrelsy。;


2。  Witch´elm。  The broad´leaved or wych elm ��Ulmus montana���察�indigenous to Scotland。  Forked branches of the tree were used in the olden time as divining´rods�察�and riding switches from it were supposed to insure good luck on a journey。  In the closing stanzas of the poem ��vi。 846�� it is called the ;wizard elm。;  Tennyson ��In Memoriam�察�89�� refers to

   ;Witch´elms that counterchange the floor        Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright。;

Saint Fillan was a Scotch abbot of the seventh century who became famous as a saint。  He had two springs�察�which appear to be confounded by some editors of the poem。  One was at the eastern end of Loch Earn�察�where the pretty modern village of St。 Fillans now stands�察�under the shadow of Dun Fillan�察�or St。 Fillan's Hills�察�six hundred feet high�察�on the top of which the saint used to say his prayers�察�as the marks of his knees in the rock still testify to the credulous。  The other spring is at another village called St。 Fillans�察�nearly thirty miles to the westward�察�just outside the limits of our map�察�on the road to Tyndrum。  In this Holy Pool�察�as it is called�察�insane folk were dipped with certain ceremonies�察�and then left bound all night in the open air。  If they were found loose the next morning�察�they were supposed to have been cured。 This treatment was practised as late as 1790�察�according to Pennant�察�who adds that the patients were generally found in the morning relieved of their troublesby death。  Another writer�察�in 1843�察�says that the pool is still visited�察�not by people of the vicinity�察�who have no faith in its virtue�察�but by those from distant places。 Scott alludes to this spring in Marmion�察�i。 29��

   ;Thence to Saint Fillan's blessed well�察     �Whose springs can frenzied dreams dispel�察       �And the crazed brain restore。;


3。  And down the fitful breeze�察�etc。  The original MS。 reads��

   ;And on the fitful breeze thy numbers flung�察     �Till envious ivy�察�with her verdant ring�察     �Mantled and muffled each melodious string�察     �O Wizard Harp�察�still must thine accents sleep�拭�


10。  Caledon。  Caledonia�察�the Roman name of Scotland。


14。  Each according pause。  That is�察�each pause in the singing。 In Marmion�察�ii。 11�察�according is used of music that fills the intervals of other music��

   ;Soon as they neared his turrets strong�察     �The maidens raised Saint Hilda's song�察     �And with the sea´wave and the wind      Their voices�察�sweetly shrill�察�combined�察       �And made harmonious close�察     �Then�察�answering from the sandy shore�察     �Half´drowned amid the breakers' roar�察       �According chorus rose。;

The MS。 reads here��

   ;At each according pause thou spokest aloud      Thine ardent sympathy sublime and high。;


28。  The stag at eve had drunk his fill。  The metre of the poem proper is iambic�察�that is�察�with the accent on the even syllables�察�and octosyllabic�察�or eight syllables to the line。


29。  Monan's rill。  St。 Monan was a Scotch martyr of the fourth century。  We can find no mention of any rill named for him。


31。  Glenartney。  A valley to the north´east of Callander�察�with Benvoirlich ��which rises to the height of 3180 feet�� on the north�察�and Uam´Var ��see 53 below�� on the south�察�separating it from the valley of the Teith。  It takes its name from the Artney�察�the stream flowing through it。


32。  His beacon red。  The figure is an appropriate one in describing this region�察�where fires on the hill´tops were so often used as signals in the olden time。  Cf。 the Lay�察�iii。 379��

    ;And soon a score of fires�察�I ween�察     �From height�察�and hill�察�and cliff�察�were seen�察     �Each with warlike tidings fraught�察     �Each from each the signal caught�察─�etc。


34。  Deep´mouthed。  Cf。 Shakespeare�察�1 Hen。 VI。 ii。 4。 12�此 �Between two dogs�察�which hath the deeper mouth�察─�and T。 of S。 ind。 1。 18�此 �the deep´mouthed brach; ��that is�察�hound��。

The MS。 reads��

   ;The bloodhound's notes of heavy bass      Resounded hoarsely up the pass。;


35。  Resounded 。。。 rocky。  The poet often avails himself of ;apt alliteration's artful aid�察─�as here�察�and in the next two lines�察�most frequently in pairs of words。


38。  As Chief�察�etc。  Note here�察�as often�察�the simile put BEFORE that which it illustrates��an effective rhetorical�察�though not the logical�察�arrangement。


45。  Beamed frontlet。  Antlered forehead。


46。  Adown。  An instance of a purely poetical word�察�not admissible in prose。


49。  Chase。  Here put for those engaged in the chase�察�as in 101 and 171�察�below。  One of its regular meanings is the OBJECT of the chase�察�or the animal pursued。


53。  Uam´Var。  ;Ua´Var�察�as the name is pronounced�察�or more properly Uaigh´mor�察�is a mountain to the north´east of the village of Callander�察�in Menteith�察�deriving its name�察�which signifies the great den�察�or cavern�察�from a sort of retreat among the rocks on the south side�察�said�察�by tradition�察�to have been the abode of a giant。 In latter times�察�it was the refuge of robbers and banditti�察�who have been only extirpated within these forty or fifty years。 Strictly speaking�察�this stronghold is not a cave�察�as the name would imply�察�but a sort of small enclosure�察�or recess�察�surrounded with large rocks and open above head。  It may have been originally designed as a toil for deer�察�who might get in from the outside�察�but would find it difficult to return。  This opinion prevails among the old sportsmen and deer´stalkers in the neighborhood; ��Scott��。


54。  Yelled。  Note the emphatic force of the inversion�察�as in 59 below。  Cf。 38 above。

Opening。  That is�察�barking on view or scent of the game�察�a hunting term。  Cf。 Shakespeare�察�M。 W。 iv。 2。 209�此 �If I bark out thus upon no trail never trust me when I open again。;

The description of the echo which follows is very spirited。


66。  Cairn。  Literally�察�a heap of stones�察�here put poetically for the rocky point which the falcon takes as a look´out。


69。  Hurricane。  A metaphor for the wild rush of the hunt。


71。  Linn。  Literally�察�a deep pool�察�but often = cataract�察�as in Bracklinn�察�ii。 270 below ��cf。 vi。 488���察�and sometimes = pre

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