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
Half-title; Title, one leaf; Preface; Cont., pp. i.-xii.; Note on the
Errors in the Inscriptions at Orchomenus, _n.p._; Text, pp. 1-300. The
Imprint (_T. Davison_,/ _Lombard Street, Whitefriars, London_./) is at
the foot of p. 300.
_Contents_--
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I. (93 stanzas), pp. 3-201
II. (88 stanzas) (N.)
_Poems_ (as in First Ed., Nos. I.-XIV.) pp. 205-237
XV. Euthanasia p. 241
XVI. Stanzas ("And thou art dead," etc.) p. 244
XVII. Stanzas ("If sometimes," etc.) p. 249
XVIII. On a Cornelian Heart, etc. p. 252
XIX. To a Youthful Friend p. 253
XX. To ---- ("Well! thou art happy") p. 260
Appendix p. 267
Specimens of the Romaic p. 273
Fac Simile of a Romaic Letter [inserted between
Half-title and Title]
III.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,/ A Romaunt: and/ Other Poems./ By/ Lord
Byron./ [Motto from _Le Cosmopolite_, six lines.] Third Edition./
London: _Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars._/ For John Murray, Fleet
Street;/ W. Blackwood, Edinburgh; and J. Cumming, Dublin./ 1812./ [8º.
_Note_.--Collation and Cont. are identical with those of the Second
Edition. The Note on the Errors in the Inscriptions at Orchomenus is
omitted. The Fac Simile of a Romaic Letter is inserted at the end of the
volume, after p. 300.
IV.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,/ a Romaunt:/ and/ Other Poems./ By Lord
Byron./ [Motto from _Le Cosmopolite_, six lines.] Fourth Edition./
London:/ _Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray, Fleet
Street;/ William Blackwood, and J. Ballantyne and Co. Edin-/ Burgh; and
J. Cumming, Dublin./ 1812./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Preface, pp. v.-ix.; Addition to the
Preface, pp. ix.-xii.; Cont., pp. xi., xii. (_sic_); Text, pp. 1-300.
The Imprint is at the foot of p. 300.
_Note_.--The Cont. are identical with those of the Second Edition. The
Fac Simile of the Romaic Letter is inserted at the beginning of the
volume (in a bound copy between pp. 184, 185).
V.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,/ A Romaunt:/ and/ Other Poems./ By/ Lord
Byron./ [Motto from _Le Cosmopolite_, six lines.] Fifth Edition./
London:/ _Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray,
(_removed to_) Albemarle-Street;/ William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and J.
Cumming,/ Dublin./ 1812./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Half-title, pp. iii., iv.; Title, one leaf, pp. v., vi.; Preface, pp.
vii.-xi.; Addition to the Preface, pp. xi.-xiv.; Cont., pp. xv.-xvi.;
Text, pp. 1-300. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 300.
_Note_.--The Cont. are identical with those of the Second Edition; but
the Fac Simile of the Romaic Letter is not mentioned in the Table of
Cont. nor inserted in the volume.
VI.
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