The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. Edited, with a critical memoir, by W. M. Rossetti. Illustrated by Thomas Seccombe

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THE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON. "WncentEroob Day <£ Son. THE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON. EDITED, WITH A CRITICAL MEMOIR, BY WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI. ILLUSTRATED LV THOMAS SECC0MBE. LONDON: WARD, LOCK, & CO., WARWICK HOUSE, DORSET BUILDINGS, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C CONTENTS. PAGE Prefatory Note by W. M. Rossetti ix Satires— English Bards and Scotch Reviewers i The Curse of Minerva ... 12 Child Harold's Pilgrimage.

ARomaunt — Canto the First 17 Canto the Second .... 26 Canto the Third .... 36 Canto the Fourth . . . . 47 The Waltz: An Apostrophic Hymn . 65 Tales — The Giaour 69 The Bride of Abydos : A Turkish Talc- Canto the First .... 80 Canto the Second .... 84 The Corsair — Canto the First .... 92 Canto the Second .... 97 Canto the Third .... 102 Lara — Canto the First .... 109 Canto the Second . . . . 114 The Siege of Corinth . . . 120 Parisina 129 The Prisoner of Chillon . . . 134 Beppo 138 Mazeppa 146 The Island- Canto the First . . . . 153 Canto the Second .... 155 Canto the Third .... 159 Canto the Fourth .... 161 The Prophecy of Dante— Canto the First 167 Canto the Second .... 168 Canto the Third .... 169 Canto the Fourth . . . . 171 The Blues: A Literary Eclogue . 173 The Vision of Judgment . . 177 The Age of Bronze . 187 TAGE Dramas — Manfred 394 Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice . 207 Heaven and Earth : A Mystery . 243 Sardanapalus ..... 254 The Two Foscari .... 285 The Deformed Transformed . . 307 Cain : A Mystery .... 322 Werner; or, The Inheritance . . 342 Don Juan— Canto the First 377 Canto the Second .... 393 Canto the Third .... 409 Canto the Fourth .... 41S Canto the Fifth 426 Canto the Sixth ..... 438 Canto the Seventh .... 448 Canto the Eighth .... 454 Canto the Ninth .... 465 Canto the Tenth .... 471 Canto the Eleventh .... 478 Canto the Twelfth .... 486 Canto the Thirteenth . . . 492 Canto the Fourteenth , . . 501 Canto the Fifteenth .... 509 Canto the Sixteenth .... 516 Hours of Idleness — On the Death of a Young Lady, Cousin to the Author . . 527 To E 527 To D 527 Epitaph on a Friend .... 527 A Fragment ...... 528 On Leaving Newstead Abbey . . 528 Lines written in " Letters of an Italian Nun and an English Gentleman," with Answer . . 520 Adrian's Address to his Soul when Dying 52S Translation from Catullus . . 52S Translation of the Epitaph on Virgil and Tibullus .... 529 Imitation of Tibullus . . . 529 Translation from Catullus . . . 523 Imitated from Catullus . . . 529 Translation from Horace . . < 529 a VI CONTENTS.

PAGE PAGE Hours of Idleness— Continued— Hours of Idleness — Continued — F rom Anacreon 529 From Anacreon ..... 529 From the Prometheus Vinctus of Æschylus 530 To Emma ... . 530 To M. S. G. . ... 530 To Caroline ..... 531 To Caroline ..... 531 To Caroline . . . . . 531 Stanzas to a Lady, with the Poems of Camoens 531 The First Kiss of Love . . . 532 On a Change of Masters at a Great Public School .... 532 To the Duke of Dorset . . . 532 Fragment, written shortly after the Marriage of Miss Chaworth . 533 Granta : A Medley .... 533 On a Distant View of the Village and School of Harrow-on-the-Hill . 534 To M 534 To Woman 535 ToM.