(Dowden's _Life of Shelley_, Vol.

I, p.

158, and pp.

471-2.) Landor liked _Madoc_ and _Thalaba_ so much that, when he found Southey hesitating to write more poems of a similar kind because they did not pay, he offered to bear the expense of the publication.

Southey refused the assistance, but was stimulated by the kindness and considered Landor's encouragement responsible for his later work in poetry.