Part Ii.--

Warriors and Chiefs p. 65 We sate down and wept p. 71 Vision of Belshazzar p. 75 Herod's Lament p. 83 Were my Bosom p. 86 The Destruction of Sennacherib p. 91 Thou whose spell p. 97 When Coldness wraps P. 107 Fame, Wisdom, Love p. 111 From the last Hill p. 115 Francisca p. 120 Sun of the Sleepless p. 129

Note.--For a reissue, with additions, of this collection, see Fugitive Pieces and Reminiscences of Lord Byron, etc., by I. Nathan, 1829, No. xii., p. 254.

II.

Hebrew Melodies./ By Lord Byron./ London:/ Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1815./ [8º.

Collation--

Half-title (Hebrew Melodies. T. Davison, Lombard-Street,/ Whitefriars, London./), one leaf; Title, one leaf; Advt.; Cont.; Text (Hebrew Melodies), pp. 1-53.

Note.--The Cont. are identical with the preceding, save that the lines, "Francisca," a variant of Parisina (lines 15-28), are omitted; the lines From Job are inserted pp. 49, 50; and the stanzas "On the Death of Sir Peter Parker" (pp. 51-53) are printed at the end of the volume.

III.

Hebrew Melodies. Boston. 1815. [24º.

Collation--

Pp. 2 + 43.

IV.

Hebrew Melodies. Philadelphia. 1815. [16º.

Hebrew Melodies./ By the Right Honourable/ Lord Byron./ London: Printed and Published by W. Dugdale,/ Green Street, Leicester Square./ 1823./ [12º.

Collation--

Pp. 36. The Imprint (Printed by W. Dugdale, Great Street, Leicester Square./) is at the foot of p. 36.

Note.--The lines "It is the Hour" (Parisina, 1-14) and "Francisca" (ibid., lines 15-28) are omitted.

VI.

Hebrew Melodies./ By Lord Byron./ London:/ Printed and Published by W. Dugdale,/ 23, Russell Court, Drury Lane./ 1825./ [12º.

Collation--

Pp. 22. The Imprint (Printed by W. Dugdale, 23, Russell Court, Drury Lane.) is at the foot of p. 22.

Note.--For Cont., vide supra, No. v.

Translations of Hebrew Melodies.

Bohemian.

Hebrcjské melodie. Peloili Jaroslen Vrchlický a J.V. Sládek. v Praze, 1890.

Danish.

Lord Byron:/ Jødiske sange./ oversatte/ af/ F. Andresen Halmrast/ Christiania./ Jacob Dybwads forlag./ 1889./

Collation--

Pp. 41 + Indhold, pp. , .

German.

Hebräische Gesänge./ Aus dem Englischen/ des Lord Byron/ von/ Franz Theremin./ Mit beigedrucktem englischen Text./ Berlin./ Verlag von Dunker und Humblot./ 1820./ [12º.

Collation--

Pp. viii. + 3-87.

II.

Hebräische Gesänge. Aus d. Engl. übersetzt von Jos. Emn. Hitscher. Mit gegenüberstehendem Originale. Laibach, 1833. [8º.

III.

Germanische/ Melodien./ Theilweise/ frei nach Lord Byron's hebräischen Melodien/ von/ Hugo Oelbermann./ Bonn./ Rheinische Verlags-Anstalt./ 1862./ [8º.

Collation--

Pp. 49.

IV.

Lord Byron's/ Hebräische Gesänge./ Aus dem Englischen/ übertragen/ und mit sachlichen Einleitungen und Bemerkungen/ versehen/ von/ Eduard Nickles./ Karlsruhe./ Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Gutsch./ 1863./

Collation--

Pp. 105 + Anmerkung, p. 106 + Anhang, pp. 107-112.

Note.--The English text is printed over against the German. The "Anhang" contains translations of "In the valley," etc., and "They say that hope," etc.

Hebräischer Gesänge./ Aus d. Engl. übers. von Heinr. Stadelmann. Memmingen. 1866. Hartwig in Comm. [16º.

Hebrew.

Hebrew Melodies/ of/ Lord Byron/ Translated by/ Dr. S. Mandelkern./ Leipzig./ 1890./ [8º.

Collation--

Pp. 45 + Cont. (Hebrew character) (R. Advt. of Hebrew Poems (with vowel points) of Dr. S. Mandelkern), pp. , .

Note.--The Hebrew translation is over against the English text. The Title-page, which is in Hebrew and English, is enclosed in an arabesque border.

Italian.

Melodie ebraiche/ di/ Lord G. Byron/ Versione/ di P.P. Parzanese/ Napoli/ dalla tipografia all' insegna di Tasso/ via Concezione a Toledo No. 3./ 1837/

Collation--

Pp. 47.

Note.--Printed on green paper.

II.

Le Melodie ebree, coll' aggiunta di alcuni altri poemetti. Ivrea, 1855. [16º.

Russian.

Swedish.

Hebreiska Melodier/ af/ Lord Byron./ Öfversatta/ af/ Theodor Lind./ Helsingfors,/ Theodor Sederholms Forlag./ [1862.] [8º.

Collation--

Pp. 41 + Innehåll, p. .

Fugitive Pieces and Minor Poems.

Fugitive Pieces By/ George Gordon Lord Byron/ A Facsimile Reprint of/ The Suppressed/ Edition of/ 1806/ [Title-vignette, Venus Anadyomene in shell with attendant Cupids.] London/ Printed for Private Circulation/ 1886/ [4º.

Collation--

Advt. of issue (No. 22 of 100 numbered copies) of--Printers,/ Chiswick Press, Tooks Court,/ Chancery Lane, London./ signed (MS.) "Charles Whittingham & Co.," pp. i., ii.; Half-title (BYRON'S FUGITIVE PIECES), pp. iii., iv.; Title, one leaf, pp. v., vi.; Preface (editorial of facsimile), pp. vii.-x. + blank leaf + Half-title (FUGITIVE PIECES), one leaf + Dedication--"To/ Those Friends,/ At/ Whose Request They were printed,/ For whose/ Amusement or Approbation/ They are/ Solely Intended;/ These TRIFLES are respectfully Dedicated,/ by the/ Author."/ (R. As these POEMS were never intended to meet the public eye, no apology is necessary for the form in which they now appear. They are printed merely for the perusal of a few friends to whom they are dedicated; who will look upon them with indulgence; and as most of them were composed between the age of 15 and 17, their defects will be pardoned or forgotten, in the youth and inexperience of the WRITER.) + Text, pp. -66; (the Imprint (Printed by S. and J. Ridge, Newark.) is at the foot of p. 66) + p. (emblem-heraldic lion with shield and monogram, subscribed with the Imprint, Chiswick Press:--C. Whittingham and Co., Tooks Court,/ Chancery Lane./).

Contents-

On Leaving N...st...d p.

To E. p. 3

On the Death of Young Lady, Cousin to the Author and very Dear p. 4 to him

To D. p. 5

To... p. 6

To Caroline p. 7

To Maria ---- p. 10

Fragment of School Exercises, From the Prometheus Vinctus of p. 11 Oeschylus(sic)

Lines in "Letters of an Italian Nun," etc. p. 12

Answer to the above, addresse'd to Miss ---- p. 13

On a change of Masters, At a Great Public School p. 14

Epitaph on a Beloved Friend p. 15

Adrian's Address to his Soul, when dying p. 16

Translation p. 16

To Mary p. 17

"When to their airy hall, my father's voice" p. 19

To ---- p. 20

"When I hear you express an, affection so warm" p. 21

On a distant view of the Village and School of Harrow on The p. 23 Hill. 1806.

Thoughts Suggested by a College Examination p. 25

To Mary, on Receiving her Picture p. 28

On the Death of Mr. Fox, the following illiterate Impromptu p. 30 appeared in the Morning Post

To which the Author of these Pieces sent the subjoined Reply, p. 30 for insertion in the Morning Chronicle

To a Lady, who presented the Author a Lock of Hair, etc. p. 31

To a Beautiful Quaker p. 33

To Julia p. 36

To Woman p. 38

An Occasional Prologue, etc. p. 39

To Miss E.P. p. 41

To Tear p. 43

Reply to some verses of J.M.B. Pigot, Esq., on the Cruelty of p. 46 His Mistress

Granta, A Medley p. 49

To the Sighing Strephon p. 54

The Cornelian p. 57

To A ---- p. 59

As the Author was discharging his Pistols in a Garden, Two p. 61 Ladies, etc.

Translation form Catullus: Ad Lesbiam p. 63

Translation of the Epitaph on Virgil and Tibullus by Domitius p. 64 Marsus

Imitation of Tibullus "Sulpitia ad Cerintum" Lib. Quart. p. 64

Translation from Cattulus: Luctus de Morte Passeris p. 65

Imitated from Catullus. To Anna p. 66

Note.--The original volume measures 8¾ ins. x 7½ ins. The wrapper is of plain greenish-grey paper. The full Titles are given in the Table of Cont. or in the heading of the Poems in Poetical Works, 1898, vol. i. pp. xviii., etc. In the original issue the pages are numbered on the head of each page, and subscribed with a double rule. "Ornaments" are to be found on pp. , 3, 13, 14, 16, 40, 58, 60, 64, 66.

The signatures B (p. ) to S (p. 65) are in due sequence. The numbers at the head of the pages are subscribed with a double rule.

II.

Poems/ On/ Various Occasions./ VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE CANTO./ Hor. Lib. 3. Od. 1./ Newark: Printed by S. & J. Ridge./ MDCCCVII./ [8º.

Collation--

Pp. 12 + 144--Half-title, one leaf, pp. , ; Title, one leaf, pp. , ; Dedication (as above), pp. , ; Author's Advt., dated December 23, 1806, pp. , ; Cont., pp. -11; Text, 1-144. The Imprint (Printed by S, and J. Ridge, Newark.) is at the foot of p. 144.

Contents--

On leaving Newstead p. 1 On a distant view, etc. p. 4 To D. p. 7 Epitaph on a beloved Friend p. 8 A Fragment p. 10 Fragments of School Exercises p. 11 To E. p. 13 Reply to some verses of J.M.B. Pigot, Esq., etc. p. 14 To the sighing Strephon p. 17 The Tear p. 21 To Miss ---- p. 26 Lines written in "Letters," etc. p. 28 Answer to the foregoing p. 29 The Cornelian p. 30 On the Death of a Young Lady p. 33 To Emma p. 35 To M.S.G. p. 38 To Caroline p. 41 To Caroline p. 43 To Caroline p. 46 Stanzas to a Lady with the Poems of Camoens p. 48 To Mary, on receiving her Picture p. 50 To Lesbia p. 52 To Woman p. 55 To M. p. 57 Lines addressed to a Young Lady p. 59 To M.S.G. p. 62 To a beautiful Quaker p. 64 To a Lady who presented the Author with a Lock of her hair p. 67

TRANSLATIONS AND IMITATIONS.

Adrian's Address to his Soul p. 73 Translation p. 74 Translation from Catullus p. 75 Translation of the Epitaph on Virgil, etc. p. 77 Imitation from Tibullus p. 78 Translation from Catullus p. 79 Imitation from Catullus p. 81 Fragment from Horace p. 82 Translation p. 83 Fragment of a Translation from Virgil p. 85

FUGITIVE PIECES.

On a change of Masters, etc. p. 89 Thoughts suggested, etc. p. 91 An occasional Prologue p. 95 On the Death of Mr. Fox p. 97 Granta, a Medley p. 100 The first kiss of Love p. 107 Childish Recollections p. 109 Answer to some verses from Montgomery p. 121 Love's last Adieu p. 125 Lines addressed to the Rev. J.T. Becher p. 128 Reply to a Friend p. 131 Elegy on Newstead Abbey p. 134

Note.--The Title measures 193 X 113. The first signature, C, is on p. 9; M, on p. 81; O (not N), on p. 89; Q, on p. 105; U, on p. 137. Signature P is omitted on p. 97.

The "ornaments" of the Quarto reappear on pp. , 9, 25, 32. The numbers at the head of the pages are subscribed with a double rule. A facsimile of the Title-page faces p. x. of vol. i. of the Poetical Works, 1898.

III.

Hours of Idleness,/ A/ Series of Poems,/ Original/ And/ Translated,/ By George Gordon, Lord Byron,/ A Minor./

Collation--

Half-title (Hours/ of/ Idleness.), one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Preface, pp. [v.]-xiii. (R. Errata); Text, pp. -187. The Imprint (Printed by S. and F. Ridge, Newark.) is at the foot of p. 187.

Contents--

On leaving Newstead p. 1 On a distant view, etc. p. 4 Epitaph on a Friend p. 7 A Fragment p. 9 The Tear p. 10 An occasional Prologue p. 15 On the Death of Mr. Fox p. 17 Stanzas ... with the Poems of Camoens p. 20 The first Kiss of Love p. 22 To M---- p. 25 To Woman p. 27 To M.S.G. p. 29 To a beautiful Quaker p. 31 To ---- p. 34 To Mary, on receiving her Picture p. 37 Love's last Adieu p. 39 Damætas p. 43 To Marion p. 44 Oscar of Alva p. 47

TRANSLATIONS AND IMITATIONS.

Adrian's Address, etc. p. 71 Translation p. 72 Translation from Catullus p. 73 Translation from the Epitaph of Virgil, etc. p. 75 Translation from Catullus p. 76 Imitation from Catullus p. 78 Translation from Anacreon. To the Lyre p. 79 Translation from Anacreon. Ode 3 p. 81 Fragments of School Exercises p. 84 Episode of Nisus and Euryalus p. 86 Translation from the Medea of Euripides p. 106

FUGITIVE PIECES.

Thoughts suggested by a College Examination p. 113 Answer to some elegant Verses, etc. p. 118 Granta, a Medley p. 121 Lachin Y Gair p. 129 To Romance p. 133 Elegy on Newstead Abbey p. 137 Childish Recollections p. 148 The Death of Calmar and Orla p. 169 To E.N.L., Esq. p. 173 To ---- p. 184

Note (1).--A facsimile of the Title-page (2) faces p. xii. of vol. i. of the Poetical Works, 1898. It has been alleged that large-paper copies of this edition were issued from the Newark press. It is certain that large copies (a copy in the British Museum, cut for binding, measures 220 X 122), printed on paper bearing a water-mark dated 1806, were thrown upon the market at an early period, but it has not been ascertained at what date or in what place they were printed. They are undoubtedly deliberate forgeries. They purport, even in respect of errata, to be identical with the genuine issue of 1807; but they were not set up from the same type, and it is inconceivable that a second issue, set up from different type and with slightly different ornaments, was printed by Ridge for piratical purposes. To cite a few obvious differences--in the title of the large-paper copies the first A of the word "TRANSLATED" is printed

See, for a correspondence on these L.P. copies of 1807, the Athenæum, June, 1898, pp. 694, 695.

See, too, for further interesting and conclusive evidence that the ornament on p. 187 of the L.P. copies was not printed from the Newark block, Newark as a Publishing Town, by T.M. Blagg, 1898, pp. 28-30.

Note (2).--An autograph note, dated May 20th, 1812, signed "Byron," is inserted on the fly-leaf of a large-paper copy in the Rowfant Library (Catalogue, 1886, p. 144).

IV.

Poems/ Original and Translated,/ By/ George Gordon, Lord Byron./

Collation--

Contents--

On leaving Newstead Abbey p. 1 Epitaph on a Friend p. 5 A fragment p. 7 The Tear p. 8 An occasional Prologue p. 13 On the death of Mr. Fox p. 15 Stanzas ... with the Poems of Camoens p. 18 To M. p. 20 To Woman p. 22 To M.S.G. p. 24 Song p. 26 To ---- p. 30 To Mary, on receiving her picture p. 33 Damætas p. 36 To Marion p. 38 Oscar of Alva p. 41 To the Duke of D. p. 62

TRANSLATIONS AND IMITATIONS.

Adrian's address, etc. p. 71 Translation p. 72 Translation from Catullus p. 73 Translation of the Epitaph, etc. p. 75 Translation from Catullus p. 76 Imitated from Catullus p. 78 Translation from Anacreon. To his Lyre p. 79 Translation from Anacreon. Ode 3 p. 81 Fragments of School Exercises p. 84 Episode of Nisus and Euryalus p. 86 Translation from the Medea of Euripides p. 105

FUGITIVE PIECES.

Thoughts suggested by a College Examination p. 111 To the Earl of ---- p. 116 Granta, a Medley p. 123 Lachin y Gair p. 131 To Romance p. 135 Elegy on Newstead Abbey p. 140 The death of Calmar and Orla p. 151 To E.N.L., Esq. p. 160 To ---- p. 165 Stanzas p. 168 Lines written beneath an Elm, in the Churchyard of p. 172 Harrow on the Hill

Note.--The Front. is a lithograph of Harrow-on-the-Hill, with quotation--

"Ida! blest spot, where Science holds her reign! How joyous once I join'd thy youthful train!"

A facsimile of the Title-page faces p. xii. of vol. i. of the Poetical Works, 1898.

Imitations and Translations/ From the / Ancient and Modern Classics,/ Together with/ Original Poems/ Never Before Published./ Collected by/ J.C. Hobhouse, B.A./ of Trinity College, Cambridge./ "Nos hæc novimus esse nihil."/ London:/ Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme,/ Paternoster-Row./ 1809./ [8º.

Collation--

Half-title with Imprint (T. Davison, Whitefriars,/ London.), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Preface, pp. v.-xi.; Cont., pp. xiii.-xv. (R. "Errata."); Text, pp. 1-255. The Imprint, as above, is in the centre of p. .

Note.--Lord Byron contributed nine poems (signed L.B.; see Preface, p. xi., to this volume) to this volume, viz.: (i.) To a Youthful Friend ("Few years have past," etc.), p. 185; (ii.) Inscription on the Monument of a Favourite Dog, p. 190; (iii.) To---- ("Well! thou art happy," etc.), p. 192; (iv.) The Farewell To a Lady ("When man expell'd," etc.), p. 195; (v.) A Love Song to ---- ("Remind me not," etc.), p. 197; (vi.) Stanzas To the Same ("There was a time," etc.), p. 200; (vii.) To the Same ("And wilt thou weep," etc.), p. 202; (viii.) Song ("Fill the goblet again," etc.), p. 204; (ix.) Stanzas to ---- on leaving England ("'Tis done," etc.), p. 227.

VI.

Hours of Idleness;/ A/ Series of Poems,/ Original and Translated,/ By George Gordon, Lord Byron,/ A Minor./

Collation--

Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Advt.; Dedication; Cont.; Text, pp. 1-149 + "Critique ... Ed. Rev., No. 22," etc., pp. -158.

Note.--A reproduction of Poems Original and Translated, Newark, 1808.

VII.

Hours of Idleness:/ A Series of Poems,/ Original and Translated./ By/ Lord Byron./

Collation--

Half-title, pp. i., ii.; Title, pp. iii., iv.; Dedication, pp. v., vi.; Cont., pp. vii., viii.; Text, pp. 1-160. The Imprint (Sherwin and Co., Printers,/ Paternoster Row./) is at the foot of p. 160.

Note.--A reproduction of Poems Original and Translated, Newark, 1808. The Front. (a sketch of Harrow-on-the-Hill) is engraved by Eastgate from a painting by H. Halsted, Esq. It is a reproduction (re-touched) of the Front. to the Newark Edition of 1808.

There were two issues of this edition (A and B). In A (Printed for Sherwin and Co. 24 Paternoster Row) the Front. is without letters; the past tenses and participles are printed "bloom'd," "mail-cover'd," etc.; and on p. 160 the Imprint, as above, is at the foot of p. 160. In B (Printed for W.T. Sherwin, etc.) the Front. is subscribed with the name of painter and engraver; the past tenses are printed "bloomed," etc., in full; and the Imprint (Sherwin, Printer,/ Paternoster Row./) is at the foot of p. 160.

VIII.

Hours of Idleness;/ etc./ Third Edition./ Paris: Published by Galignani,/ etc./ 1820./ [12º.

Collation--

This edition is identical with that of 1819, No. vi. p. 252. The Cont. are printed at the end of the volume.

IX.

Hours of Idleness,/ A Series/ Of Poems,/ Original and Translated./ By a Noble Author./ Virginibus puerisque Canto./ Horace./ He whistled as he went for want of thought./ Dryden./ London:/ Benbow, Printer and Publisher, Castle Street,/ Leicester Square. 1822./ [12º.

Collation--

Title, pp. i., ii.; Preface, pp. iii.-viii. + Cont. + Text, pp. 9-183.

Note.--A reissue of Hours of Idleness, Newark, 1807.

Hours of Idleness:/ A/ Series of Poems,/ Original and Translated./ By George Gordon, Lord Byron./ A Minor./ Paris:/ Published by A. and W. Galignani,/ At the French, English, Italian, German, and Spanish Library, No. 18, Rue Vivienne./ 1822./ [12º.

Collation--

Half-title (R. Printed by A. Belin), one leaf; Title, one leaf; Cont.; Text (including Second Half-title and Dedication), pp. 1-152 + Critique, etc., pp. -168.

Note.--A reissue of the Newark edition of 1808, but a distinct edition from those published by Galignani in 1819, 1820.

XI.

Hours of Idleness,/ A/ Series of Poems,/ Original and Translated./ By Lord Byron./ Virginibus puerisque canto.--Horace./ He whistled as he went, for want of thought.--Dryden./ A New Edition./ Glasgow.--Printed by J. Starke./ 1825./ [8º.

Collation--

Title, one leaf; Preface, pp. i.-iii. (R. Cont.); Text, pp. 1-84.

Note.--This edition, a reissue of Hours of Idleness, Newark, 1807, was bound in a paper wrapper with ornamental border, uniform with "English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers--price sixpence."

XII.

Fugitive Pieces/ and/ Reminiscences/ of/ Lord Byron:/ Containing an entire new Edition of/ The Hebrew Melodies,/ With the Addition of/ Several never before Published;/ The whole illustrated with/ Critical, Historical, Theatrical, Political, and Theological/ Remarks, Notes, Anecdotes, Interesting Conversations,/ And Observations, made by that Illustrious Poet;/ Together with his Lordship's Autograph;/ also some/ Original Poetry, Letters and Recollections/ of/ Lady Caroline Lamb./ By I. Nathan,/ Author of an Essay on the History and Theory of Music,/ The Hebrew Melodies, etc., etc./ "Pascitur in vivis Livor, post Fata quiescit:"/ "Tune (sic) suus, ex merito, quemque tuetur Honos." Ovid./ London:/ Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co./ Ave Maria Lane./ 1829./ [8º.

Collation--

Pp. xxxvi. + 196. The Imprint (Plummer and Brewis, Printers, Love Lane, Eastcheap.) is at the foot of p. 191.

Note.--The Fugitive Pieces include the two selections from Parisina included in Hebrew Melodies No. i., and three "original pieces of Lord Byron, which have never before appeared in print;" viz. "I speak not--I trace not," etc., "In the valley of waters," and "They say that hope is happiness."

Poems.

Poems./ By Lord Byron./ Second Edition/ London:/ Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street;/ By W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's,/ 1816./ [8º.

Collation--

Half-title, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, iii., iv.; Advt., pp. v., vi.; Cont., pp. vii., viii.; Text, pp. 9-39 + Notes, p. . The Imprint (London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co./ Cleveland-row, St. James's./) is at the foot of p. .

Contents--

To ---- ("When all around," etc.) p. 9 Bright be the place p. 13 When we two parted p. 14 Stanzas for Music ("There's not a joy," etc.) p. 16 Stanzas for Music ("There be none," etc.) p. 19 Fare Thee Well p. 21 Ode (We do not curse," etc.) p. 25 From the French p. 31 On the Star, etc. p. 34 Napoleon's Farewell p. 37 To Samuel Rogers, Esq. p. 39 Notes p. 40

Note.--The motto from Coleridge's Christabel ("Alas! they had been friends in youth") (14 lines) is on p. 20.

Poems on His Domestic Circumstances.

Poems/ on His/ Domestic/ Circumstances./ I. Fare Thee Well!/ II. A Sketch From Private Life./ By Lord Byron./ With the/ Star of the Legion of Honour,/ And other Poems./ London:/ Printed for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street./ 1816./ Price One Shilling./ [8º.

Collation--

Title, one leaf, pp. 3, 4; Text, pp. 5-31 + Note ("The first two Poems were last produced.--The other/ five follow in the order wherein they were written."/ April, 1816.), p. . The Imprint (Hay and Turner, Printers, Newcastle Street, Strand.) is at the foot of p. .

Contents--

Fare Thee Well p. 5 A Sketch, etc. p. 9 Ode ("Oh, shame to thee," etc.) p. 15 Fare Well to France p. 20 Madame Lavalette p. 22 Waterloo p. 24 On the Star, etc. p. 29

Note.--The Half-title is missing in the Museum copy. The Note prefixed to "Waterloo" in the Morning Chronicle (March 15, 1816) is reprinted, together with the heading, "Said to be done into English Verse by R. S****, P.L. P.R. Master of the Royal Spanish Inqn.--etc., etc., etc."

II.

Poems/ on His/ Domestic Circumstances,/ etc./ With The/ Star of the Legion of Honour,/ And Four Other Poems./ Second Edition./ London:/ Printed for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street,/ And Sold by J.M. Richardson, No. 23, Cornhill;/ J. Blacklock, Royal Exchange; G. Hebert, 36,/ Poultry; Simpkin and Marshall,/ Stationers'/ Court; W. Reynolds, 137, Oxford Street; and by/ All other Booksellers./ 1816./ [8º.

Collation--

Gen. Half-title (New/ Poems,/ By/ Lord Byron./) (R. Hay & Turner, Printers, Newcastle-Street, Strand.), pp. 1, 2; Title, one leaf, pp. 3, 4; Text, pp. 5-31. The Note and Imprint, as above, are on p. .

III.

Poems,/ etc./ By Lord Byron./ With the/ Star of the Legion of Honour,/ etc., etc./ Sixth Edition./ Containing Eight Poems./ London:/ Printed for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street,/ etc., etc. 1816./ [8º.

Collation--

Title (Imprint as above), pp. 1, 2; Text, pp. 3-31. The Note (altered to "The other Six follow," etc.) and the Imprint, as above, are on p. .

Note.--The additional poem is the Adieu to Malta on pp. 12-14. The lines Fare Thee Well, which are printed in the First and Second Editions in stanzas, are in the Sixth Edition printed continuously.

IV.

Poems,/ etc./ By Lord Byron./ With His/ Memoirs and Portrait./ Eighth Edition./ Containing/ Nine Poems./ Fare Thee Well!/ A Sketch From Private Life./ On the Star of "The Legion of Honour."/ Adieu to Malta./ The/ Curse of Minerva./ Waterloo./ And Three Others./ London:/ Printed for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street,/ etc./ 1816./ [8º.

Collation--

Title (R. Imprint as above), pp. 1, 2; Memoirs, etc., pp. 3-6; Text, pp. 7-32.

Note.--The additional poem is the mutilated version of The Curse of Minerva (111 lines). The Front. is a lithograph of "Lord Byron," after F. Sieurac.

Poems/ etc./ By Lord Byron,/ etc./ Fifteenth Edition./ Containing/ Nine Poems,/ etc./ London:/ Printed for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street,/ etc./ 1816./ [8º.

Collation--

Title (R. Imprint as above), pp. 1, 2; Memoirs, etc., pp. 3-8 + Text, pp. 8-40.

Note.--The Text of the Fifteenth Edition is identical with the Text of the Sixth Edition (pp. 3-), including Note and Imprint on p. . The Curse of Minerva is on pp. 33-40. The Imprint, as above, is repeated on the foot of p. 40.

VI. Lord Byron's/ Poems,/ on His Own/ Domestic Circumstances./ Fare Thee Well./ Dublin:/ Printed by W. Espy, 59, Dame-Street./ 1816./ [8º.

Collation--Half-title (Poems, etc./ Entered at Stationers'-Hall./), one leaf, pp. 1, 2; Title, one leaf, pp. 3, 4; Preface, pp. 5, 6; Text, pp. 7-15.

Note.--The edition contains Fare Thee Well, and A Sketch, etc., without the other poems published by Hone.

VII.

Poems/ on His/ Domestic Circumstances,/ etc. etc./ By/ Lord Byron./ Second Edition./

1. Fare Thee Well 2. A Sketch from Private Life 3. On the Star of "The Legion of Honour" 4. Ode 5. Waterloo 6. Madame Lavalette 7. Farewell to France 8. Adieu to Malta 9. The Curse of Minerva 10. Farewell to England 11. To my Daughter, etc 12. To the Lily of France. 13. Ode to the Island of St. Helena. 14. To ----. 15. Bright be the Place to thy Soul! 16. Stanzas for Music. 17. To ----. 18. Stanzas for Music. 19. To ----. 20. On Reading Lord Byron's Farewell to England.

To which is Prefixed,/ Memoirs of His Life./ Bristol:/ Printed for W. Sheppard, Exchange,/ And may be had of all the Booksellers./ 1816./ [12º.

Collation--

Title, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Memoirs, etc., pp. iii.-vi.; On Reading Lord Byron's Farewell to England, pp. i.-iii. (R. Cont.); Text, pp. 1-50. The Imprint (Mary Bryan, Printer,(51)Corn-Street, Bristol.) is at the foot of p. 50.

Note.--This edition contains the nine poems published by Hone (1816), four forgeries, six of the Poems published by Murray in 1816, and, with a separate pagination, the lines On Reading Lord Byron's Farewell to England ("------- Still my bosom's indignation").

VIII.

Poems on His Domestic Circumstances, etc. Boston. 1816. [24º.

IX.

Poems,/ etc./ By Lord Byron,/ etc./ Twenty-Third Edition./ Containing/ Nine Poems,/ etc./ London:/ Printed for W. Hone,/ 55, Fleet Street, and 67, Old Bailey,/ (Three Doors from Ludgate Hill,)/ And Sold By J.M. Richardson,/ etc./ 1817/ [8º.

Collation--

Pp. 32.

Poems,/ on His/ Domestic Circumstances,/ By/ The Right Honourable/ Lord Byron:/ To which are added,/ Several Choice Pieces from His Lordship's Works./ "Lord BIRON.--By heaven I do love; and it hath taught me/ to rhyme, and to be melancholy; and here is part of my rhyme,/ and here my melancholy."/ SHAKESPEARE'S LOVE'S LABOUR LOST./ London:/ Printed for J. Limbird, 355, Strand, (East End/ of Exeter 'Change),/ By W. Sears, 45, Gutter Lane, Cheapside./ 1823/ [12º.

Collation--

Pp. vi. + 48. The Imprint (Printed by W. Sears, 45, Gutter Lane, Cheapside, London.) is at the foot of p. 48.

Note.--The collection contains twenty-four poems, including the forgeries, To my Daughter, etc.; Farewell to England; Ode ("Oh, shame to thee," etc.); and Madame Lavalette.

XI.

Miscellaneous Poems,/ Including those on His/ Domestic Circumstances./ By Lord Byron./ To which are prefixed/ Memoirs of the Author, and a Tribute/ To his Memory/ By Sir Walter Scott./ London:/ Printed for John Bumpus, 85, Newgate Street;/ And R. Griffin, & Co., Glasgow./ 1824/

Collation--

Pp. xx. + 21-72. The Imprint (Printed by A. Hancock, Middle Row Place, Holborn.) is at the foot of p. 72.

Note.--The collection numbers twenty-five poems, including the forgeries, Ode ("Oh, shame to thee," etc.); Madame Lavalette; Farewell to England; To my Daughter, etc.; Ode to--S^t Helena; To the Lily of France; The Enigma [H.]; and three (genuine) stanzas from the lines, "Well, thou art happy," here entitled Song to Inez; and the lines To Jessy.

XII.

Miscellaneous Poems/ on His Domestic and Other/ Circum-stances./ By Lord Byron./ London:/ Printed By and for William Cole,/ 10 Newgate-Street./ 1825./ [12º.

Collation--

Pp. 54. The Imprint (Printed by William Cole, 10, Newgate Street.) is at the foot of p. 54.

Note.--The edition contains twenty-nine pieces, viz. the twenty-five poems published by John Bumpus in 1824 (No. xl.), together with The Isles of Greece; Were my Bosom, etc.; Herod's Lament, etc.; and Lord Byron's Latest Verses ("On this day I complete my thirty-sixth year").

Hints from Horace.

Note.--Two sets of proofs of a portion of Hints from Horace, formerly the property of R.C. Dallas, are preserved in the British Museum (Eg. 2029). Proof A consists of 100 lines of the English translation (lines 173-272); Proof B, pp. -128, consists of 272 lines of the English translation (lines 1-272) and (on opposite pages) 188 lines of the original Latin. These proof-sheets, which must have followed proofs of the Fifth Edition of English Bards, etc., are preceded by a Half-title, Hints from Horace (Gothic characters), and by the following subsidiary title:--

Hints from Horace:/ Being a/ Partial Imitation, in English Verse, of the Epistle,/ "Ad Pisones de Arte Poetica;"/ And intended as a Sequel to/ English Bards and Scotch Reviewers./ [Gothic characters.] "Ergo fungar vice Cotis, acutum/ Reddere quæ ferrum valet, exsors ipsa secandi."/ Hor. De Arte Poet. 304-5./ "Rhymes are difficult things; they are stubborn things, sir."/ Fielding's Amelia, Vol. III./ Book and Chap. V./ Athens, Franciscan Convent,/ March 12, 1811./

The publication of Hints from Horace had been entrusted by Dallas to Cawthorn in July-August, 1811. It may be gathered from various sources (Letters, 1898, ii. 24, 54, 56) that Byron was at work on the proofs as late as September 4; that by October 11 he had resolved to defer the publication of the Hints; and that, accordingly on October 13, 1811, "they stood still." It was not, however, till after the appearance of Childe Harold's, etc. (May-June, 1812) that Byron determined to suppress the already printed Fifth Edition of English Bards, and at the same time to abandon the publication of his two other Satires. At this time, says Dallas (Recollections of the Life of Lord Byron, 1898, p. 241), "the Hints from Horace was far advanced." In his Recollections, etc. (pp. 104-113), he gives, by way of a "fair specimen," 156 "lines of the still-unpublished poem; and, as these extracts are taken from the first 211 lines, and his text corresponds with proof B (see Poetical Works, 1898, i. 390, variants ii., iii.), it may be inferred that Dallas transcribed them from his fragmentary proof-sheets, and that the press was stopped at line 272. In 1830, in his Notices of the Life of Lord Byron (vol. i. pp. 263-269), Moore printed 165 lines of the "Paraphrase;" but his selections are drawn from lines 1-458, and it is evident that he had access to an original MS. (MS. M.), which is now in Mr. Murray's possession. The full text, which follows the same MS., was first published in vol. v. pp. 273-327 of the six-volume edition of 1831 (vide ante, No. xliii. of "Collected Editions").

The Irish Avatar.

Byron wrote the Irish Avatar at Ravenna, September 16, 1821. On the 17th he sent a copy of the verses to Moore, then resident at Paris; and on September 20 he desired Moore to get "twenty copies of the whole carefully and privately printed off." A copy is in the possession of Mr. H. Buxton Forman, C.B., and I am indebted to his kindness for the following description: "The pamphlet consists of four 8vo leaves, viz. half-title ('The Irish Avatar,' in bold capitals, with blank verse), pp. , + Text, pp. 3-8. The poem begins on the third page with a dropped head, 'The Irish Avatar' again, and the first four verses. Pp. 4-7 contain six verses each, and p. 8 the remaining four, making up thirty-two in all. The date at the end of p. 8 is 'September 16, 1821.' There is no title-page proper; a headline, 'The Irish Avatar,' occurs on pp. 4-8, which pages are numbered in Arabic figures in the outside corners, and the thirty-two stanzas are also numbered in Arabic figures. The poem is printed on a half-sheet of a peculiar fine-ribbed paper." Twenty stanzas of The Irish Avatar were printed by Medwin in Conversations of Lord Byron, 1824, pp. 216-220, and in a second edition, 1824, pp. 332-338. In a "new edition" of the Conversations, etc., 1824, pp. 264-270, the entire poem, numbering thirty-two stanzas, was published for the first time in England (see Athenæum, July 27, 1901). The Irish Avatar was first published by Murray in 1831 (Works, vi. 419-425).

The Island.

The Island,/ or/ Christian and His Comrades./ By the/ Right Hon. Lord Byron./ London, 1823:/ Printed for John Hunt,/ 22, Old Bond Street./ [8º.

Collation--

Half-title (R. London: Printed by C.H. Riynell, Broad-Street, Golden-Square), pp. 1, 2, Title, one leaf, pp. 3, 4; Author's Advt., p. 6; Text, pp. 7-79 + Appendix, pp. 81-94. The Imprint, as above, is at the foot of p. 94.

Note.--A Second and a Third Edition, identical with the First, were published by John Hunt in 1823. The Island forms part (pp. 193-244) of a collection of Miscellaneous Poems, Hebrew Melodies, The Deformed Transformed, etc., printed and published by W. Dugdale, 23, Russell Court, Drury Lane, in 1825.

II.

The Island;/ or/ Christian and His Comrades./ By The Right Hon. Lord Byron./ Paris:/ Published by A. and W. Galignani,/ At the French, English, Italian, German, and Spanish Library,/ No. 18, Rue Vivienne./ 1823/ [12º.

Collation--

Half-title (R. Paris: Printed by A. Belin), one leaf; Title, one leaf; Second Half-title, pp. 1, 2; Author's Advt., pp. 3, 4; Text + App., pp. 5-95.

III.

The Island, or Christian and His Comrades. New York. 1823. [12º.

Translations of The Island.

German.

Die Insel, ober Christian u. seine Kameraden. Aus d. Engl. (v. F.L. Breuer). Mit gegenübersteh. Originaltext. Leipzig, Brockhaus. 1827. [8º.

Italian.

L'Isola, poema di lord Byron, traduzione di Morrone. Napoli, tipographia di De Muro, 1840. [8º.

Polish.

Wyspa czyli Chrystyan i jego towarzysze ...Przek[/l]ad Adama Pajgerta. pp. 62, druk. "Czasu": Kraków, 1859. [8º.

Swedish.

Ön/ Eller/.. Christian och Hans Stallbröder./ Af/ Lord Byron./ Öfversättning. [Af/ Talis Qualis.] Stockholm,/ J.L. Brudins Förlag./ [1856.] [8º.

Collation--

Pp. 88.

Note.--No. 8 of "Byron's Poetiska Berättelser."

The Lament of Tasso.

The/ Lament of Tasso./ By Lord Byron./ London:/ John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1817./ [8º.

Collation--

Title, one leaf, pp. 3, 4; Note (on MSS., etc.), pp. 5, 6; Text, pp. 7-19 + p. , Advt. of Poems. The Imprint (T. Davison, Lombard-Street,/ Whitefriars, London./) is at the foot of p. .

Note.--The Half-title (? missing) is not in the Museum copy.

II.

The/ Lament of Tasso./ By Lord Byron./ Second Edition./ London:/ John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1817/./ [8º.

Collation--

Title, one leaf, pp. 3, 4; Advt., pp. 5, 6; Text, pp. 7-18.

III.

The/ Lament of Tasso./ etc./ Third Edition,/ etc./ 1817./ [8º.

Collation--

Vide supra, No. i.

IV.

The/ Lament of Tasso,/ etc./ Fourth Edition,/ etc./ 1817./ [8º.

Collation--

Half-title (The Lament,/ etc./ Fourth Edition./ 1s. 6d.) (R.T. Davison, Lombard-Street, Whitefriars, London.), pp. 1, 2, etc. Vide supra, No. i.

Note.--The Imprint (T. Davison, Lombard-Street,/ Whitefriars, London./) is at the foot of p. . Twelve pp. of "Books Printed for John Murray," dated "August, 1817," are bound up with the Fourth Edition.

The Lament,/ etc./ Sixth Edition./ 1818./ [8º.

Collation--Vide supra, No. iv. Note.--Four pp. of Advts., dated "Albemarle-Street, London, January, 1818," are bound up with the Sixth Edition.

Translations of The Lament of Tasso.

Italian_.

Lamento/ del/ Tasso/ di Lord Byron/ Recato in italiano/ Da Michele Leoni/ Pisa/ Presso Niccolò Capurro/ co' caratteri di F. Didot/ 1818/ [4º.

Collation--

Pp. ix. + 1-27 + Nota dell' Autore, p. .

Note.--The Front, is "Tasso in the Hospital of Sant' Anna," drawn by C. Meritoni, and engraved by Lasinio Figlio. The Italian translation is printed on opposite pages to the English Text.

II.

La/ Magion del Terrore/ ... La Fantasia e il Disinganno/ ed altri metrici componimenti/ di Gaetano Polidori/ colle sue traduzioni/ Del Lamento del Tasso/ di Lord Byron/ ... Londra 1843./ Impresso da J. Wilson e W. Ward nella pri-/vata stamperia dell' autore al numero 15 di/ Park Village East, Regent's Park./ [16º.

Collation--

Pp. 112-133.

III.

Guglielmo Godio/ II Lamento di Tasso/ Versione da Byron/ [Six other pieces.] Torino/ Tipografia di Vincenzo Bona/Via Ospedale, 3 e Lagrange, 7/ 1873./ [8º.

Collation--

Pp. 21 + 23-47, Estri Lontani, etc.

Lara.

Lara,/ A Tale./ Jacqueline,/ A Tale./ London:/ Printed for J. Murray, Albemarle-Street,/ By T. Davison, Whitefriars./ 1814./ [8º.

Collation--

Half-title (Poems), one leaf; Title, one leaf; Advt.; Cont. (R. Note.