The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. PoetryByron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
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The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
Poetry
_Note_.--A translation of a few detached passages, by P. Isola, entitled
"In partendo dall' Inghilterra," etc. There is no Title-page.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
I.
An Ode./ On/ The Star of the Legion of Honour./ Napoleon's Farewell./
Fare Thee Well./ And/ A Sketch, etc./ By Lord Byron./ New-York:/
Published by Van Winkle and Wiley,/ No. 3 Wall-Street./ 1816./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Title, one leaf, pp. 3, 4; Text, pp. 5-24.
_Note_.--The Half-title is probably missing. The "Ode" is the _Ode from
the French_ ("We do not curse thee, Waterloo!"). The edition contains
the five pieces enumerated on the title.
II.
Three Poems,/ not Included in the Works of/ Lord Byron./ Lines to Lady
J----./ The Ænigma./ The Curse of Minerva./ [Motto from _Ter. Andria_,
five lines.] London:/ Printed for Effingham Wilson,/ Royal Exchange./
1818./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Title (R. _John Hill, Printer, 32, Water Lane, Blackfriars_.), pp. 3, 4;
Note on the Lines to Lady Jersey, pp. 5, 6; Text and Notes, pp. 7-18.
The second poem is Miss Fanshaw's Enigma (Letter H); the third, _The
Curse of Minerva_ (112 lines).
III.
English Bards,/ and/ Scotch Reviewers;/ A Satire./ Ode to the Land of
the Gaul.--Sketch/ From Private Life.--Windsor/ Poetics, etc./ By/ The
Right Honorable/ Lord Byron./ Second Edition./ Paris:/ Published by
Galignani/ At the French, English, Italian, German and Spanish/ Library,
No. 18, Rue Vivienne,/ 1818./ [12º.
_Collation_--
Pp. 84, With half-title, "Suppressed/ Poems." _English Bards, etc._, a
reprint of the Fourth Edition of 1811, numbers 1052 lines.
IV.
The/ Works/ of/ The Right Honourable/ Lord Byron;/ Containing/ English
Bards, and/ Scotch Reviewers;/ The Curse of Minerva,/ And the Waltz,/
An/ Apostrophic Hymn./ Philadelphia:/ Published By M. Thomas./ 1820./
[8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. viii. + 151.
_Note_.--_The English Bards, etc._, is a reprint of the Fourth Edition
of 1050 lines. The _Curse of Minerva_ is the complete edition of 312
lines. The "Fugitive Pieces" are: (1) To Jessy; (2) "My Boat is on the
Shore;" (3) Lines addressed to Mr. Hobhouse; (4) Adieu to Malta; (5)
Enigma [To the Letter H]. It will be observed that, with the exception
of No. 5, all these pieces are genuine.
V.
Poems/ By/ The Right Honourable/ Lord Byron;/ With/ His Memoirs./
London:/ Published by Jones and Company,/ No. 3, Warwick Square./ 1825./
[8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. 292 + Cont., p. [293].
This edition contains _Hours of Idleness, English Bards, etc._ (3rd
ed.), "Poems on His Domestic Circumstances" (twenty-five, including
eight forgeries), and the whole of _Don Juan_.
VI.
The/ Miscellaneous Poems/ of/ Lord Byron./ London:/ Benbow, Printer and
Publisher, 252, High/ Holborn./ 1825./ [12º.
_Collation_--
Pp. 94.
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