I have once more to acknowledge the generous assistance of the officials of the British Museum, and, more especially, of Mr. A. G. Ellis, of the Oriental Printed Books and MSS. Department, who has afforded me invaluable instruction in the compilation of the notes to the _Giaour_ and _Bride of Abydos_. I have also to thank Mr. R. L. Binyon, of the Department of Prints and Drawings, for advice and assistance in the selection of illustrations. I desire to express my cordial thanks to the Registrar of the Copyright Office, Stationers' Hall; to Professor Jannaris, of the University of St. Andrews; to Miss E. Dawes, M.A., D.L., of Heathfield Lodge, Weybridge; to my cousin, Miss Edith Coleridge, of Goodrest, Torquay; and to my friend, Mr. Frank E. Taylor, of Chertsey, for information kindly supplied during the progress of the work. For many of the "parallel passages" from the works of other poets, which are to be found in the notes, I am indebted to a series of articles by A. A. Watts, in the _Literary Gazette,_ February and March, 1821; and to the notes to the late Professor E. Kolbing's _Siege of Corinth._ On behalf of the publisher, I beg to acknowledge the kindness of Lord Glenesk, and of Sir Theodore Martin, K.C.B., who have permitted the examination and collation of MSS. of the _Siege of Corinth_ and of the "Thyrza" poems, in their possession. The original of the miniature of H.R.H. the Princess Charlotte of Wales (see p. 44) is in the Library of Windsor Castle. It has been reproduced for this volume by the gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen. ERNEST HARTLEY COLERIDGE. _April_ 18, 1900. CONTENTS OF VOL. III. 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