The complete poetical works of Lord Byron

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Egotis'

Canto the Third Notes .... Dedication to Canto the Fourth Canto the Fourth

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The Girl of Cadiz. First published in Works of Lord Byron, 1832, viii. 56

Lines written in an Album, at Malta. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to)

To Florence. First published, Childe Harold, 181 2 (4to) Stanzas composed during a Thunderstorm. First published, Childe Harold, 181 2 (4to)

Stanzas written in passing the Ambracian Gulf. First pubHshed, ChilJ-e Harold, 181 2 (4to) .

The Spell is broke, the Charm is flown ! First published, Childe Harold, 181 2 (4to)

Written after swimming from Sestc to Abydos. First published, Chile Harold, 181 2 (4to)

Lines in the Travellers' Book s Orchomenus. First publisher Travels in Italy, Greece, etc., b H. W. Williams, 1820, ii. 290

Maid of Athens, ere we part. Firs published, Childe Harold, iSi (4to)

T ,.igment from the "Monk o ' \thos." First published Life 0;

,. Lord Byron, by the Hon. Roden Noel, 1890, pp. 206, 207

Lines written beneath a Picture. First published, Childe JIarold. 181 2 (4to)

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r'.nslation of the famous Greek War Song, AeOre TratSes, k.t.X. i'lrst published, Childe Harold, nslation of the Romaic Song, lirivu} yuecr' t6 jrepijSoXi^ k.t.X. i'irst published, Childe Harold,

Parting. First published, Childe iarold, 181 2 (4to) . . . 296 :ewell to Malta. First published, ^oems on his Domestic Circumtances, by W. Hone (Sixth Edilion, 1816) ..... 296 iwstead Abbey. First published, Memoir ot^f-v.'P Hodgson, 1878,

187 - >';^7

itle to a Friend, in ans^ver to

>me Lines exhorting the A.uthor

1 be Cheerful, and to 'banish

^re." First published. Letters

Thyrza ["Without a stone,"

tc.]. First published, Childe b /nzas ["Away, away," etc.]. First

published, Childe Harold, 181 2

- Hizas ["One struggle more, etc.]. "irst published, Childe Harold, 812 (4to) . . . • 5^'^

hanasia. First published, Childe Tarold, i'jI2 (Second Edition) . 301 izas ["/:nd thou art dead," etc.]. ' irst published, Childe Harold, 'S12 (Second Edition) . . . 301 e'i to a I ady weeping. First pubshedl, Morning Chronicle, March izas' ["If sometimes," etc.]. irst published, Childe Harold, )i2 (Second Edition) . . . 303 a Cornelian Heart which was oken. First published, Childe avoid, 1 81 2 (Second Edition) . 303 Chain I gave was Fair to view, om the Turkish. First pubhed, Corsair, 1814 (Second Edi-

5 written on a Blank Leaf of The

Pleasures of Memory. First pub- / hshed. Poems, 181 6 Address, spoken at the Opening of Drury-Lane Theatre, Saturday, October 10, 1812. First published', 'AC| Morning Chronicle, October 12

Parenthetical Address. By Dr ^ Plagiary. First published, Morn- \

tng Chronicle, October 23, 181 2 3o(J Verses found in a Summer-house at Hales- Owen. First published, Works of Lord Byron, 1832, xvii.

244 307

Reniember thee ! Remember thee ! First published. Conversations of T a, Byr< on, 1824, p. 330 . . 307

To Time. iMfsi -, Bubhshed, Childe \

Harold, 181 4 (SeVv-^nth Edition) 308/ Translation of a Romaic - Love Song. First published, Childe Harold 1814 (Seventh Edition) . \ -Qgj

Stanzas ["Thou art not false," etc.^ "| 1

First published, Childe Harold, ' |'

1 81 4 (Seventh Edition) . . 309 *i On being asked what was the |

"Origin of Love." First pub- *

lished, . Childe Harold, 1814 (Seventh Edition) . . . 309 '

On the Quotation, "And my true

faith," etc. MS. Murray . . 309 Stanzas ["Remember him," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold, 1 81 4 (Seventh Edition) . . 310

Impromptu, in Reply to a Friend.

First published, Childe Harold, \

1814 (Seventh Edition) . . 31X r

Sonnet. To Genevra ["Thine eyes' ,

blue tenderness," etc.]. First published. Corsair, 181 4 (Second Edi- ^

tion) 311

Sonnet. To Genevra ["Thy cheek is pale with thought," etc.]. First published. Corsair, 181 4 (Second Edition) . . . . : Z^^ From the Portuguese ["Tu mi t chamas"]. First published, Childe I Harold, 181 4 (Seventh Edition). "Another Version." First published, 1831 312

The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale. rtisement . , . . 312 | The Giaour

The Bride of Abydos. A Turkish Tale. o the First . . . 331 I Canto the Second .

The Corsair: A Tale,

Advertisenii

First Napoleon Buonaparte

Franc Canto the First

Canto the Second Canto the Third Lara: A Tale

. 389 I Canto the Second

Hebrew Melodies.

She walks in Beauty

The Harp the Monarch Minstrel

swept If that High World The Wild Gazelle .

Oh ! weep for those On Jordan's Banks Jephtha's Daughter Oh! snatched away in Beauty's

Bloom My Soul is Dark I saw thee weep Thy Days are done Saul Song of Saul before his Last Battle

412 413 413 413 414 414

414 415 415 415 415 416

"All is Vanity, saith the Preacher" When Coldness wraps this suffering

Vision of Belshazzar Sun of the Sleepless !

Were my Bosom as False as thou

deem'st it to be .

Herod's Lament for Mariamne On the Day of the Destruction of

Jerusalem by Titus By the Rivers of Babylon we sat

down and wept .

"By the Waters of Babylon" . The Destruction of Sennacherib A Spirit passed before me

417 417

418 ^18

420 420

Farewell! if ever fondest Prayer. First published, Corsair (Second Edition, 181 4) . .

When we Two parted. First published, Poems, 1 81 6

[Love and Gold.] MS. Murray

Stanzas for Music ["I speak not, I trace not," etc.]. First published. Fugitive Pieces, 1829 .

Address intended to be recited at the Caledonian Meeting. First pubhshed, Letters and Journals, 1830,

Elegiac Stanzas on the Death of Sir Peter Parker, Bart. First published, Morning Chronicle, October 7, 1814 .....

JuHan [a Fragment]. MS. M.

To Belshazzar. First published, 1831

Stanzas for Music ["There's not a joy," etc.]. First published. Poems, 1 81 6

On the Death of the Duke of Dorset.

421 421

42:

424 424 426

First published, Works, Paris, 1826, p. 716 .... 427

Stanzas for Music ["Bright be the place of thy soul"]. First published. Examiner, June 4, 181 5 . 427

Napoleon's Farewell. First published, £.x:amz»er, July 30, 181 5 . 427

From the French ["Must thou go, my glorious Chief?"]. First published. Poems, 1 81 6 . . .428

Ode from the French ["We do not curse thee, Wate^^oo!"]. First published, Morning Chronicle, March 15, 181 6 . . . . 428

Stanzas for Music ["There be none of Beauty's daughters"]. First published. Poems, 181 6 . . 430

On the Star of "the Legion of Honour." First published. Examiner, April 7, 181 6 . . . 430

Stanzas for Music ["They say that Hope is happiness"]. First published, Fugitive Pieces, 1829 . 431

T^Kdvertisement

The Siege of Corinth.

. 431 I The Siege of Corinth

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Fare Thee Well A Sketch

Parisina.

Parisina .

Poems of the Separation.

Stanzas to Augusta ig of rday, shed, ■ 12,

The Prisoner of Chillon.

Sonnet on Chillon Advertisement

457 457

The Prisoner of Chillon .

Poems of July-September, 1816. The Dream.

The Dream. First published, Pris oner of Chillon, etc., 181 6

Darkness. First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc., 1816

Churchill's Grave. First published. Prisoner of Chillon, etc., 181 6

Prometheus. First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc., 181 6 Fragment. First published. Letters a%' Journals, 1830, ii. 36

464 468 469 470 471

Sonnet to Lake Leman. First published. Prisoner of Chillon, etc., 1816

Stanzas to Augusta. First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc., 1816

Epistle to Augusta. First pubhshed. Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 38- 41

Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was III. First published, 1832

Monody on the Death of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan.

Monody on the Death of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan, Spoken at Drury Lane Theatre, London

Manfred: A Dr.\matic Poem.

The Lament of Tasso.

502 I The Lament of Tasso

Beppo : A Venetian Story,

Ode on Venice.

Mazeppa. • 526 I Mazeppa

The Prophecy of Dante.

Dedication 53^

Preface 537

The Prophecy of Dante. Canto the

First 537

Canto the Second Canto the Third Canto the Fourth 54^

54' 54'

The Morgante Maggiore of Pulci.

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The Morgante Maggiore. Canto the First 551

Francesca of Rimini.

Francesca of Rimini 564

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice: An Historical Tragedy.

Preface ...... 565 I Appendix . . . ,

The Vision of Judgment.

. 633 I The Vision of Judgment

A very Mournful Ballad on the Siege and Conquest of Alhama. First published, Childe Harold, Canto IV., 1818

Translation from Vittorelli. On a Nun. First published, Childe Harold, Canto IV., 1818

On the Bust of Helen by Canova. First published. Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 61 .

[Venice. A Fragment.] MS. Murray

So we'll go no more a-roving. First published, Letters and Journals, 1S30, ii. 79

[Lord Byron's Verses on Sam Rogers.] Question and Answer. First published, Fraser's Magazine, January, 1833, vol. vii. pp. 82-84

The Duel. MS. M. . . .

Stanzas to the Po. First published. Conversations of Lord Byron, 1824

Sonnet on the Nuptials of the Marquis Antonio Cavalli with the Countess Clelia Rasponi of Ravenna. MS. M. ...

655 655

656 656

Sonnet to the Prince Regent. On the Repeal of Lord Edward Fitzgerald's Forfeiture. First published, Letters and Journals, ii. 234, 235

Stanzas. First published. New Monthly Magazine, 1832

Ode to a Lady whose Lover was killed by a Ball, which at the same time shivered a portrait next his heart. MS. M. ...

The Irish Avatar. First published, Paris, September 19, 182 1 .

Stanzas written on the Road between Florence and Pisa. First published. Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 566, note ....

Stanzas to a Hindoo Air. First published, Works of Lord Byron

To . First published. New

Monthly Magazine, 1833

To the Countess of Blessington. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830 .....

Aristomenes. Canto First. MS. .

659 659

665 665 666

666 666

The Blues: A Literary Eclogue. The Blues. Eclogue the First . 667 | Eclogue the Second . . . 670

Sardanapalus : A Tragedy.

Dedication 674 I Sardanapalus 676

Preface 674 I

The Two Foscari: An Historical Tragedy. 2^/jj Two Foscari 729

Cain: A Mystery.

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Dedication ..... 767 Preface 767

Cain

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Heaven and Earth: A Mystery.

Preface Werner

Werner; or, The Inheritance: A Tragedy. Werner. [First Draft.]

. 885

The Deformed Transformed: A Drama.

893 893

Fragment of the Third Part of The Deformed Transformed . .919

The Age of Bronze; or, Carmen Seculare et Annus Haud Mirabilis. The Age of Bronze 92]

The Island; or. Christian and his Comrades.

, VII., and

Canto XV.

VIII.

Canto XVI.