_Stanzas in Childe Harold_ (Vol. iv, pp. 223. 285. 323.).--In reply to
T. W. I will merely refer him and your other correspondents upon this
subject to page 391. of Moore's _Life of Byron_, 1 vol. edition, 1844,
where will be found this passage, in Letter 323, addressed to Mr.
Murray:--
"What does 'thy waters _wasted_ them' mean (in the Canto)? _That
is not me._ Consult the MS. always."
I am fully aware this will not interpret the meaning of the passage, but
it will go far to satisfy your correspondents that their emendations and
suggestions do not completely answer Lord Byron's query in the letter
referred to by