XL.

'Twas on a Grecian autumn's gentle eve Childe Harold hailed Leucadia's cape afar; A spot he longed to see, nor cared to leave: Oft did he mark the scenes of vanished war,

## Actium--Lepanto--fatal Trafalgar;[13.B.]

Mark them unmoved, for he would not delight (Born beneath some remote inglorious star)[142] In themes of bloody fray, or gallant fight, But loathed the bravo's trade, and laughed at martial wight.[ew]