Page:The Works of Lord Byron (ed. Coleridge, Prothero) - Volume 7.djvu/89

Rh

[E NIHILO NIHIL;

OR

.]

rhymes I printed seven volumes—

The list concludes John Murray's columns:

Of these there have been few translations

For Gallic or Italian nations;

And one or two perhaps in German—

But in this last I can't determine.

But then I only sung of passions

That do not suit with modern fashions;

Of Incest and such like diversions

Permitted only to the Persians,

Or Greeks to bring upon their stages—

But that was in the earlier ages

Besides my style is the romantic,

Which some call fine, and some call frantic;

While others are or would seem as sick

Of repetitions nicknamed Classic.

For my part all men must allow

Whatever I was, I'm classic now.