Instead of:
And tints to-morrow with a _fancied_ ray
Print:
And tints to-morrow with _prophetic_ ray.
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,
And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray;
Or,
And {_gilds_/tints} the hope of Morning with its ray;
Or,
And gilds to-morrow's hope with heavenly ray.
Dear Sir,--I wish you would ask Mr. G. which of them is best, or rather
_not worst_.
Ever yours, B.
You can send the request contained in this at the same time with the
_revise, after_ I have seen the _said revise_.
* * * * *
350.--To John Murray.
Nov. 13, 1813.
Certainly. Do you suppose that no one but the Galileans are acquainted
with _Adam_, and _Eve_, and _Cain,_ [1] and _Noah_?--Surely, I might
have had Solomon, and Abraham, and David, and even Moses, or the other.
When you know that _Zuleika_ is the _Persian poetical_ name for
_Potiphar's_ wife, on whom and Joseph there is a long poem in the
Persian, this will not surprise you. If you want authority look at
Jones, D'Herbelot, 'Vathek', or the notes to the 'Arabian Nights'; and,
if you think it necessary, model this into a _note_.
Alter, in the inscription, "the most affectionate respect," to "with
every sentiment of regard and respect,"
[Footnote 1:
"Some doubt had been expressed by Murray as to the propriety of his
putting the name of Cain into the mouth of a Mussulman."
(Moore).
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