'Oh! thine be the gladness--and mine be the Guilt! Forgive me--adored one--forsake if thou wilt-- But the heart which is thine shall expire undebased, And Man shall not break it whatever _thou_ mayst. 'Oh! proud to the mighty--but humble to thee This soul in its bitterest moment shall be, And our days glide as swift--and our moments more sweet With thee at my side--than the world at my feet. 'One tear of thy sorrow--one smile of thy love-- Shall turn me or fix--shall reward or reprove-- And the heartless may wonder at all I resign: Thy lip shall reply--not to them--but to mine.' These verses were not published until Byron had been five years in his grave. They tell the story plainly, and the manuscript in Mr. Murray's possession speaks plainer still. Before Byron gave the manuscript to his wife, he erased the following lines: 'We have loved--and oh! still, my adored one, we love!' 'Oh! the moment is past when that passion might cease.' 'But I cannot repent what we ne'er can recall.' After Medora's birth Byron became more and more dejected, and on April 29 he wrote a remarkable letter to Murray, enclosing a draft to redeem the copyrights of his poems, and releasing Murray from his engagement to pay £1,000, agreed on for 'The Giaour' and 'The Bride of Abydos.' Byron was evidently afraid that Mr. Chaworth Musters would discover the truth, and that a duel and disgrace would be the inevitable consequence. '_If any accident occurs to me_, you may do then as you please; but, with the exception of two copies of each for _yourself_ only, I expect and request that the advertisements be withdrawn, and the remaining copies of _all_ destroyed; and any expense so incurred I will be glad to defray. For all this it may be well to assign some reason. I have none to give except my own caprice, and I do not consider the circumstance of consequence enough to require explanation. Of course, I need hardly assure you that they never shall be published with my consent, directly or indirectly, by any other person whatsoever, and that I am perfectly satisfied, and have every reason so to be, with your conduct in all transactions between us, as publisher and author. It will give me great pleasure to preserve your acquaintance, and to consider you as my friend.' Two days later Byron seems to have conquered his immediate apprehensions, and, in reply to an appeal from Murray, writes: 'If your present note is serious, and it really would be inconvenient, there is an end of the matter; tear my draft, and go on as usual: in that case we will recur to our former basis. That _I_ was perfectly _serious_ in wishing to suppress all future publication is true; but certainly not to interfere with the convenience of others, and more particularly your own. _Some day I will tell you the reason of this apparently strange resolution._'