780-1828)
defeated a combined French and Italian squadron off the island of Lissa,
on the Dalmatian coast. "The French commodore's ship _La Favorite_ was
burnt, himself (Dubourdieu) being killed." The four victorious frigates
with their prizes arrived at Malta, March 31, when the garrison "ran out
unarmed to receive and hail them." The _Volage_, in which Byron returned
to England, took part in the engagement. Captain Hoste had taken a prize
off Fiume in the preceding year.--_Annual Register_, 1811; _Memoirs and
Letters of Sir W. Hoste_, ii. 79.]

[24] {26} ["We have had balls and fetes given us by all classes here,
and it is impossible to convey to you the sensation our success has
given rise to."--_Memoirs and Letters of Sir W. Hoste_, ii. 82.]

[25] [Mrs. (Susan) Fraser published, in 1809, "_Camilla de Florian_ (the
scene is laid in Valetta) _and Other Poems._ By an Officer's Wife."
Byron was, no doubt, struck by her admiration for Macpherson's _Ossian_,
and had read with interest her version of "The Address to the Sun," in
_Carthon_, p. 31 (see _Poetical Works_, 1898, i. 229). He may, too, have
regarded with favour some stanzas in honour of the _Bolero_ (p. 82),
which begin, "When, my Love, supinely _laying_."]

[26] {27} [Byron left Malta for England June 13, 1811. (See Letter to H.
Drury, July 17, 1811, _Letters_, 1898, i. 318.)]

[r] {28} _And mine was the pride and the worth of a name_--[MS. M.]

[s] _It tells not of time_----.--[MS. M.]

[27] Francis Hodgson.

[28] {30} [Hodgson stipulated that the last twelve lines should be
omitted, but Moore disregarded his wishes, and included the poem as it
stands in his _Life_. A marginal note ran thus: "N.B. The poor dear soul
meant nothing of this. F.H."--_Memoir of Rev. Francis Hodgson_, 1878, i.
212.]

[t] _On the death of----Thyrza_.--[MS.]

[29] [The following note on the identity of Thyrza has been communicated
to the Editor:--

"The identity of Thyrza and the question whether the person
addressed under this name really existed, or was an imaginary
being, have given rise to much speculation and discussion of a more
or less futile kind.

"This difficulty is now incapable of definite and authoritative
solution, and the allusions in the verses in some respects disagree
with things said by Lord Byron later. According to the poems,
Thyrza had met him

"' ... many a day
In these, to me, deserted