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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