"Nov. 13. 1813.

"Will you forward the letter to Mr. Gilford with the proof? There
is an alteration I may make in Zuleika's speech, in second Canto
(the only one of hers in that Canto). It is now thus:

"And curse, if I could curse, the day.

It must be--

"And mourn--I dare not curse--the day
That saw my solitary birth, &c. &c.

"Ever yours, B.

"In the last MS. lines sent, instead of 'living heart,' convert to
'quivering heart.' It is in line ninth of the MS. passage.

"Ever yours again, B."

* * * * *

TO MR. MURRAY.

"Alteration of a line in Canto second.

"Instead of--

"And tints to-morrow with a _fancied_ ray,