Literary by-paths in old England . t you. 1 am forgetful of every-thing but seeing you again — my life seems tostop there — I see no further. This mood wasfatal to his scheme of a diligent life in hisquiet rooms at Westminster; so the hastilytaken lodgings were as quickly abandoned, andthenceforward, in the close neighbourhood of thehome of his disturbing mistress, the last sad act inthe tragedy of this ill-fated spirit moved onwardsto its solemn close. As a final hope, his friends and doctors urgedtrial of a winter in Italy, and he sailed for Napleson September 18th, 1820, in the company ofth
Literary by-paths in old England . t you. 1 am forgetful of every-thing but seeing you again — my life seems tostop there — I see no further. This mood wasfatal to his scheme of a diligent life in hisquiet rooms at Westminster; so the hastilytaken lodgings were as quickly abandoned, andthenceforward, in the close neighbourhood of thehome of his disturbing mistress, the last sad act inthe tragedy of this ill-fated spirit moved onwardsto its solemn close. As a final hope, his friends and doctors urgedtrial of a winter in Italy, and he sailed for Napleson September 18th, 1820, in the company ofthe devoted Severn. Even in the matter ofthe vessel in which that voyage in hope wasmade, the ill fate of Keats did not desert all visible representation of the MariaCrowther, the boat in question, has long dis-appeared, enquiry at Lloyds has elicited severalinteresting particulars. It has been stated thatthe ship was ill adapted for the conveyance ofpassengers, and that such was quite literally the 260 IN OLD ENGLAND. Great College Street, Westminster case may be inferred from the fact that shewas only of 127 tons register. In the technicallanguage of the shipwright, she was Brigantine 261 LITERARY BY-PATHS rig, with standing bowsprit, square stern, carvelbuilt, and eagles-head figurehead. The MariaCrowther was built at Chester in 1810, andwas primarily intended merely to trade betweenCardiff and Liverpool. Probably the voyage to ^ fuaM /;/, ICAL \V OKKS WILLIAM SHAKSTEAKE. mi. Keatss Copy of Shakespeare Naples was only a temporary departure from herusual route, for later she evidently returned tothe St. Georges Channel trade, and the vesselwas wrecked off the Isle of Man on November7th, 1837. It seems that the name of the cap-tain of the ship was Robert Dawes, and that he 262 IN OLD ENGLAND never realised the part he had played in the life-history of Keats is indicated by the fact thatnone of his descendants remember him to haveremarked on his having had the poet
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