Hallamshire.
"_Son of the Morning_" (Vol. iv., pp. 209. 330.).--I have always
understood Byron's apostrophe "Son of the morning, rise! approach you
here!" to be merely an appeal to one of the _Orientals_ who then ruled
in that region. And this appears to me to be confirmed by the suggestion
which follows that the creed of Mahomet shall pass away as that of Jove
has done. The words "Come--but molest not yon defenceless urn," did not
appear to me to have any reference to the iconoclastic propensities of
the person addressed. But this notice of your correspondent is
ingenious.