Could I flatter myself that these suggestions were not obtrusive, I would hazard another,--that you would add the two promised cantos, and complete the poem.

It were cruel indeed not to perfect a work which contains so much that is excellent.

Your fame, my Lord, demands it.

You are raising a monument that will outlive your present feelings; and it should therefore be constructed in such a manner as to excite no other association than that of respect and admiration for your character and genius.

I trust that you will pardon the warmth of this address, when I assure you that it arises, in the greatest degree, from a sincere regard for your best reputation; with, however, some view to that portion of it which must attend the publisher of so beautiful a poem as you are capable of rendering in the 'Romaunt of Childe Harold.'" In compliance with the suggestions of the publisher, Byron altered and improved the stanzas relating to Elgin and Wellington.