J. N. B. (A Subscriber.)

296 _Campbell._--Can any of your readers tell me what he supposes

Campbell to mean when he makes the sister, in delivering her curse on

her brother, say--

"Go where the havoc of your kerne

Shall float as high as mountain fern!"

Does havoc float? Does mountain fern float? What is the effect of either

floating _high_? The lines are in "The Flower of Love lies Bleeding."

Also can any one say who or what this is?

"Fly, like the moon-eyed herald of dismay

Chac'd on his night-steed by the star of day!"

The lines are near the end of _The Pleasures of Hope_.

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