Title : Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Lord Byron
Author : Baron George Gordon Byron Byron
Editor : David Widger
Release date
: March 25, 2019 [eBook #59122]
Most recently updated: March 2, 2021
Language : English
Credits : Produced by David Widger
Preface to Vol. II. of the Poems | |
Introduction to the First and Second Cantos | ix |
Notes on the MSS. of the First and Second Cantos | xvi |
Itinerary | xxi |
Preface to the First and Second Cantos | 3 |
To Ianthe | 11 |
Canto the First | 15 |
Notes | 85 |
Canto the Second | 97 |
Notes | 165 |
Introduction to Canto the Third | 211 |
Canto the Third | 215 |
Notes | 291 |
Introduction to Canto the Fourth | 311 |
Original Draft, etc., of Canto the Fourth | 316 |
Dedication | 321 |
Canto the Fourth | 327 |
Historical Notes by J. C. Hobhouse | 465 |
Preface to Vol. III. of the Poems | v |
Introduction to Occasional Pieces ( Poems 1809-1813; Poems 1814-1816) | xix |
Poems 1809-1813. | |
The Girl of Cadiz. First published in Works of Lord Byron, 1832 , viii. 56 | 1 |
Lines written in an Album, at Malta. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 4 |
To Florence. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 5 |
Stanzas composed during a Thunderstorm. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 7 |
Stanzas written in passing the Ambracian Gulf. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 11 |
The Spell is broke, the Charm is flown! First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 12 |
Written after swimming from Sestos to Abydos. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 13 |
Lines in the Travellers' Book at Orchomenus. First published, Travels in Italy, Greece, etc. , by H. W. Williams, 1820, ii. 290 | 15 |
Maid of Athens, ere we part. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 15 |
Fragment from the "Monk of Athos." First published, Life of Lord Byron , by the Hon. Roden Noel, 1890, pp. 206, 207 | 18 |
Lines written beneath a Picture. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) [xii] | 19 |
Translation of the famous Greek War Song, Δεῦτε πῖδες, κ.τ.λ. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 20 |
Translation of the Romaic Song, Μνέπω μεσ' τὸ περιβόλι, κ.τ.λ. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 22 |
On Parting. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 23 |
Farewell to Malta. First published, Poems on his Domestic Circumstances , by W. Hone (Sixth Edition, 1816) | 24 |
Newstead Abbey. First published, Memoir of Rev. F. Hodgson, 1878, i. 187 | 27 |
Epistle to a Friend, in answer to some Lines exhorting the Author to be Cheerful, and to "banish Care." First published, Letters and Journals , 1830, i. 301 | 28 |
To Thyrza ["Without a stone," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 30 |
Stanzas ["Away, away," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 35 |
Stanzas ["One struggle more," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (4to) | 36 |
Euthanasia. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (Second Edition) | 39 |
Stanzas ["And thou art dead," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (Second Edition) | 41 |
Lines to a Lady weeping. First published, Morning Chronicle , March 7, 1812 | 45 |
Stanzas ["If sometimes," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (Second Edition) | 46 |
On a Cornelian Heart which was broken. First published, Childe Harold , 1812 (Second Edition) | 48 |
The Chain I gave was Fair to view. From the Turkish. First published, Corsair , 1814 (Second Edition) | 49 |
Lines written on a Blank Leaf of The Pleasures of Memory . First published, Poems , 1816 | 50 |
Address, spoken at the Opening of Drury-Lane Theatre, Saturday, October 10, 1812. First published, Morning Chronicle , October 12, 1812 | 51 |
Parenthetical Address. By Dr. Plagiary. First published, Morning Chronicle , October 23, 1812 | 55 |
Verses found in a Summer-house at Hales-Owen. First published, Works of Lord Byron , 1832, xvii. 244 | 59 |
Remember thee! Remember thee! First published, Conversations of Lord Byron , 1824, p. 330 | 59 |
To Time. First published, Childe Harold , 1814 (Seventh Edition) | 60 [xiii] |
Translation of a Romaic Love Song. First published, Childe Harold , 1814 (Seventh Edition) | 62 |
Stanzas ["Thou art not false," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold , 1814 (Seventh Edition) | 64 |
On being asked what was the "Origin of Love." First published, Childe Harold , 1814 (Seventh Edition) | 65 |
On the Quotation, "And my true faith," etc. MS. M. | 65 |
Stanzas ["Remember him," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold , 1814 (Seventh Edition) | 69 |
Impromptu, in Reply to a Friend. First published, Childe Harold , 1814 (Seventh Edition) | 67 |
Sonnet. To Genevra ["Thine eyes' blue tenderness," etc.]. First published, Corsair , 1814 (Second Edition) | 70 |
Sonnet. To Genevra ["Thy cheek is pale with thought," etc.]. First published, Corsair , 1814 (Second Edition) | 71 |
From the Portuguese ["Tu mi chamas"]. First published, Childe Harold , 1814 (Seventh Edition). "Another Version." First published, 1831 | 71 |
The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale. | |
Introduction to The Giaour | 75 |
Bibliographical Note on The Giaour | 78 |
Dedication | 81 |
Advertisement | 83 |
The Giaour | 85 |
The Bride of Abydos. A Turkish Tale. | |
Introduction to The Bride of Abydos | 149 |
Note to the MSS. of The Bride of Abydos | 151 |
Dedication | 155 |
The Bride of Abydos . Canto the First | 157 |
Canto the Second | 178 |
Note to The Bride of Abydos | 211 |
The Corsair: A Tale . | |
Introduction to The Corsair | 217 |
Bibliographical Note on The Corsair | 220 |
Dedication | 223 |
The Corsair . Canto the First | 227 |
Canto the Second | 249 |
Canto the Third | 270 [xiv] |
Introduction to the Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte | 303 |
Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte | 305 |
Lara: A Tale . | |
Introduction to Lara | 319 |
Lara. Canto the First | 323 |
Canto the Second | 348 |
Hebrew Melodies . | |
Introduction to the Hebrew Melodies | 375 |
Advertisement | 379 |
She walks in Beauty | 381 |
The Harp the Monarch Minstrel swept | 382 |
If that High World | 383 |
The Wild Gazelle | 384 |
Oh! weep for those | 385 |
On Jordan's Banks | 386 |
Jephtha's Daughter | 387 |
Oh! snatched away in Beauty's Bloom | 388 |
My Soul is Dark | 389 |
I saw thee weep | 390 |
Thy Days are done | 391 |
Saul | 392 |
Song of Saul before his Last Battle | 393 |
"All is Vanity, saith the Preacher" | 394 |
When Coldness wraps this Suffering Clay | 395 |
Vision of Belshazzar | 397 |
Sun of the Sleepless! | 399 |
Were my Bosom as False as thou deem'st it to be | 399 |
Herod's Lament for Mariamne | 400 |
On the Day of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus | 401 |
By the Rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept | 402 |
"By the Waters of Babylon" | 404 |
The Destruction of Sennacherib | 404 |
A Spirit passed before me | 406 |
Poems 1814-1816. | |
Farewell! if ever Fondest Prayer. First published, Corsair (Second Edition, 1814) | 409 |
When we Two parted. First published, Poems , 1816 | 410 |
[Love and Gold.] MS. M. | 411 |
Stanzas for Music ["I speak not, I trace not," etc.]. First published, Fugitive Pieces , 1829 | 413 [xv] |
Address intended to be recited at the Caledonian Meeting. First published, Letters and Journals , 1830, i. 559 | 415 |
Elegiac Stanzas on the Death of Sir Peter Parker, Bart. First published, Morning Chronicle , October 7, 1814 | 417 |
Julian [a Fragment]. MS. M. | 419 |
To Belshazzar. First published, 1831 | 421 |
Stanzas for Music ["There's not a joy," etc.]. First published, Poems , 1816 | 423 |
On the Death of the Duke of Dorset. MS. M | 425 |
Stanzas for Music ["Bright be the place of thy soul"]. First published, Examiner , June 4, 1815 | 426 |
Napoleon's Farewell. First published, Examiner , July 30, 1815 | 427 |
From the French ["Must thou go, my glorious Chief?"]. First published, Poems , 1816 | 428 |
Ode from the French ["We do not curse thee, Waterloo!"]. First published, Morning Chronicle , March 15, 1816 | 431 |
Stanzas for Music ["There be none of Beauty's daughters"]. First published, Poems , 1816 | 435 |
On the Star of "the Legion of Honour." First published, Examiner , April 7, 1816 | 436 |
Stanzas for Music ["They say that Hope is happiness"]. First published, Fugitive Pieces , 1829 | 438 |
The Siege of Corinth. | |
Introduction to The Siege of Corinth | 441 |
Dedication | 445 |
Advertisement | 447 |
Note on the MS. of The Siege of Corinth | 448 |
The Siege of Corinth | 449 |
Parisina . | |
Introduction to Parisina | 499 |
Dedication | 501 |
Advertisement | 503 |
Parisina | 505 |
Poems of the Separation. | |
Introduction to Poems of the Separation | 531 |
Fare Thee Well | 537 |
A Sketch | 540 |
Stanzas to Augusta | 544 |
CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.
Preface to Vol. IV. of the Poems | v |
The Prisoner of Chillon . | |
Introduction to The Prisoner of Chillon | 3 |
Sonnet on Chillon | 7 |
Advertisement | 9 |
The Prisoner of Chillon | 13 |
Poems of July-September , 1816. The Dream . | |
Introduction to The Dream | 31 |
The Dream . First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc. , 1816 | 33 |
Darkness. First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc. , 1816 | 42 |
Churchill's Grave. First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc. , 1816 | 45 |
Prometheus. First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc ., 1816 | 48 |
A Fragment. First published, Letters and Journals , 1830, ii. 36 | 51 |
Sonnet to Lake Leman, First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc. , 1816 | 53 |
Stanzas to Augusta. First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc. , 1816 | 54 |
Epistle to Augusta. First published, Letters and Journals , 1830, ii. 38-41 | 57 |
Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was Ill. First published, 1831 | 63 |
Monody on the Death of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan . | |
Introduction to Monody, etc. | 69 |
Monody on the Death of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan, Spoken at Drury Lane Theatre, London | 71 |
Manfred: A Dramatic Poem . [xii] | |
Introduction to Manfred | 79 |
Manfred | 85 |
The Lament of Tasso . | |
Introduction to The Lament of Tasso | 139 |
Advertisement | 141 |
The Lament of Tasso | 143 |
Beppo: A Venetian Story . | |
Introduction to Beppo | 155 |
Beppo | 159 |
Ode on Venice . | |
Ode on Venice | 193 |
Mazeppa . | |
Introduction to Mazeppa | 201 |
Advertisement | 205 |
Mazeppa | 207 |
The Prophecy of Dante . | |
Introduction to The Prophecy of Dante | 237 |
Dedication | 241 |
Preface | 243 |
The Prophecy of Dante . Canto the First | 247 |
Canto the Second | 255 |
Canto the Third | 261 |
Canto the Fourth | 269 |
The Morgante Maggiore of Pulci . | |
Introduction to The Morgante Maggiore | 279 |
Advertisement | 283 |
The Morgante Maggiore . Canto the First | 285 |
Francesca Of Rimini . | |
Introduction to Francesca of Rimini | 313 |
Francesco of Rimini | 317 |
Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice: an Historical Tragedy . [xiii] | |
Introduction to Marino Faliero | 325 |
Preface | 331 |
Marino Faliero | 345 |
Appendix | 462 |
The Vision Of Judgment . | |
Introduction to The Vision of Judgment | 475 |
Preface | 481 |
The Vision of Judgment | 487 |
Poems 1816-1823 . | |
A very Mournful Ballad on the Siege and Conquest of Alhama. First published, Childe Harold , Canto IV., 1818 | 529 |
Sonetto di Vittorelli. Per Monaca | 535 |
Translation from Vittorelli. On a Nun. First published, Childe Harold , Canto IV., 1818 | 535 |
On the Bust of Helen by Canova. First published, Letters and Journals , 1830, ii. 61 | 536 |
[Venice. A Fragment.] MS. M | 537 |
So we'll go no more a-roving. First published, Letters and Journals , 1830, ii. 79 | 538 |
[Lord Byron's Verses on Sam Rogers.] Question and Answer. First published, Fraser's Magazine , January, 1833, vol. vii. pp. 82-84 | 538 |
The Duel. MS. M | 542 |
Stanzas to the Po. First published, Conversations of Lord Byron , 1824 | 545 |
Sonnet on the Nuptials of the Marquis Antonio Cavalli with the Countess Clelia Rasponi of Ravenna. MS. M | 547 |
Sonnet to the Prince Regent. On the Repeal of Lord Edward Fitzgerald's Forfeiture. First published, Letters and Journals , ii. 234, 235 | 548 |
Stanzas. First published, New Monthly Magazine , 1832 | 549 |
Ode to a Lady whose Lover was killed by a Ball, which at the same time shivered a portrait next his heart. MS. M. | 552 |
The Irish Avatar. First published, Conversations of Lord Byron , 1824 | 555 |
Stanzas written on the Road between Florence and Pisa. First published, Letters and Journals , 1830, ii. 566, not | 562 |
[xiv] Stanzas to a Hindoo Air. First published, Works of Lord Byron | 563 |
To —— First published, New Monthly Magazine , 1833 | 564 |
To the Countess of Blessington. First published, Letters and Journals , 1830 | 565 |
Aristomanes. Canto First. MS. D. | 566 |
The Blues: A Literary Eclogue . | |
Introduction to The Blues | 569 |
The Blues . Eclogue the First | 573 |
Eclogue the Second | 580 |
Preface to Vol. V. of the Poems | v |
Sardanapalus: A Tragedy . | |
Introduction to Sardanapalus | 3 |
Dedication | 7 |
Preface | 9 |
Sardanapalus | 13 |
The Two Foscari: An Historical Tragedy . | |
Introduction to The Two Foscari | 115 |
The Two Foscari | 121 |
Cain: A Mystery . | |
Introduction to Cain | 199 |
Dedication | 205 |
Preface | 207 |
Cain | 213 |
Heaven and Earth; A Mystery . | |
Introduction to Heaven and Earth | 279 |
Heaven and Earth | 285 |
Werner; or, The Inheritance: A Tragedy . | |
Introduction to Werner | 325 |
Note to the Introduction to Werner | 329 |
Dedication | 335 |
Preface | 337 |
Werner | 341 |
Werner . [First Draft.] | 453 |
The Deformed Transformed: A Drama . | |
Introduction to The Deformed Transformed | 469 |
Advertisement | 473 |
The Deformed Transformed | 477 |
Fragment of the Third Part of The Deformed Transformed | 531 |
The Age of Bronze; or, Carmen Seculare et Annus haud Mirabilis . | |
Introduction to The Age of Bronze | 537 |
The Age of Bronze | 541 |
The Island; or, Christian and his Comrades . | |
Introduction to The Island | 581 |
Advertisement | 585 |
The Island . Canto the First | 587 |
Canto the Second | 598 |
Canto the Third | 618 |
Canto the Fourth | 626 |
Dedication | v |
Preface to Vol. VI. of the Poems | vii |
Introduction to DON JUAN | xv |
Dedication to Robert Southey, Esq. | 3 |
DON JUAN— | |
Canto I | 11 |
Canto II | 81 |
Canto III | 143 |
Canto IV | 183 |
Canto V | 218 |
Preface to Cantos VI., VII., and VIII | 264 |
Canto VI | 268 |
Canto VII | 302 |
Canto VIII | 330 |
Canto IX | 373 |
Canto X | 400 |
Canto XI | 427 |
Canto XII | 455 |
Canto XIII | 481 |
Canto XIV | 516 |
Canto XV | 544 |
Canto XVI | 572 |
Canto XVII | 608 |
Preface to Vol. VII. of the Poems.
v
Jeux d'Esprit and Minor Poems
, 1798-1824.
Epigram on an Old Lady who had some Curious Notions respecting the
Soul. First published,
Letters and Journals
, 1830, i. 28.
1
Epitaph on John Adams, of Southwell. First published,
Letters and
Journals
, 1830, i. 106.
1
A Version of Ossian's Address to the Sun. First published,
Atlantic
Monthly
, December, 1898.
2
Lines to Mr. Hodgson. Written on board the Lisbon Packet. First
published,
Letters and Journals
, 1830, i. 230-232.
4
[To Dives. A Fragment.] First published,
Lord Byron's Works
,
1833, xvii. 241.
7
Farewell Petition to J. C. H., Esq
re
. First published,
Murray's
Magazine
, 1887, vol. i. pp. 290, 291.
7
Translation of the Nurse's Dole in the
Medea
of Euripides.
First published,
Letters and Journals
, 1830, i. 227.
10
My Epitaph. First published,
Letters and Journals
, 1830, i.
240.
10
Substitute for an Epitaph. First published,
Lord Byron's Works
,
1832, ix. 4.
11
Epitaph for Joseph Blacket, late Poet and Shoemaker. First published,
Lord Byron's Works
, 1832, ix. 10.
11
On Moore's Last Operatic Farce, or Farcical Opera. First published,
Letters
and Journals
, 1830, i. 295 (
note
).
12
[S. M. Dallas.] First published,
Life, Writings, Opinions, etc.
,
1825, ii. 192.
12
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS |
Preface | |
List of Letters | |
Chapter I | Childhood and School |
Chapter II | Cambridge and Juvenile Poems |
Chapter III | English Bards and Scotch Reviewers |
Chapter IV | Travels in Albania, Greece etc. Death of Mrs. Byron |
Appendix I | Review of Wordsworth's Poems |
Appendix II | Article from the Edinburgh Review , For January, 1808 |
Appendix III | Review of Gell's Geography of Ithaca , and Itinerary Of Greece |
Bibliographical Note i |
ON LEAVING N--ST--D. 1 |
TO E----. 3 |
ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY, COUSIN TO THE AUTHOR AND VERY DEAR TO HIM. 4 |
TO D. ---- 5 |
TO ---- 6 |
TO CAROLINE. 7 |
TO MARIA ---- 10 |
FRAGMENTS OF SCHOOL EXERCISES, FROM THE PROMETHEUS VINCTUS OF ÆSCHYLUS. 11 |
LINES in "LETTERS OF AN ITALIAN NUN AND AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN," by J.J. ROUSSEAU, founded on facts. 12 |
ON A CHANGE OF MASTERS, AT A GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOL. 14 |
EPITAPH ON A BELOVED FRIEND. 15 |
ADRIAN'S ADDRESS TO HIS SOUL, WHEN DYING. 16 |
TO MARY. 17 |
"When to their airy hall,..." 19 |
TO ---- 20 |
"When I hear you express an affection so warm,..." 21 |
ON A DISTANT VIEW OF THE VILLAGE AND SCHOOL OF HARROW ON THE HILL. 1806. 23 |
THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY A COLLEGE EXAMINATION. 25 |
TO MARY, ON RECEIVING HER PICTURE. 28 |
ON THE DEATH OF Mr. FOX, THE FOLLOWING ILLIBERAL IMPROMPTU APPEARED IN THE MORNING POST. 30 |
TO A LADY, WHO PRESENTED THE AUTHOR A LOCK OF HAIR, BRAIDED WITH HIS OWN, AND APPOINTED A NIGHT IN DECEMBER, TO MEET HIM IN THE GARDEN. 31 |
TO A BEAUTIFUL QUAKER. 33 |
TO JULIA! 36 |
TO WOMAN. 38 |
AN OCCASIONAL PROLOGUE DELIVERED BY THE AUTHOR, PREVIOUS TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE, AT A PRIVATE THEATRE. 39 |
TO MISS E.P. 41 |
The TEAR. 43 |
REPLY TO SOME VERSES OF J.M.B. PIGOT, Esq. ON THE CRUELTY OF HIS MISTRESS. 46 |
GRANTA, A MEDLEY. 49 |
TO THE SIGHING STREPHON. 54 |
THE CORNELIAN. 57 |
TO A. ---- 59 |
AS THE AUTHOR WAS DISCHARGING HIS PISTOLS IN A GARDEN,... 61 |
TRANSLATION FROM CATULLUS. AD LESBIAM. 63 |
TRANSLATION OF THE EPITAPH ON VIRGIL AND TIBULLUS, by DOMITIUS MARSUS. 64 |
IMITATION OF TIBULLUS "SULPICIA AD CERINTUM." LIB. QUART. 64 |
TRANSLATION FROM CATULLUS. LUCTUS DE NORTE PASSERIS. 65 |
IMITATED FROM CATULLUS. TO ANNA. 66 |
TO IANTHE. |
CANTO THE FIRST. |
CANTO THE SECOND. |
CANTO THE THIRD. |
CANTO THE FOURTH. |