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
The Corsair,/ A Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "---- I suoi pensieri in lui
dormir non ponno."/ Tasso, _Canto decimo, Gerusalemme Liberata_./ Second
Edition./ London:/ _Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John
Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1814./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Half-title, etc. (_vide supra_); Text, with Notes and Six Poems, pp.
1-108. The Imprint (_T. Davison, Lombard Street,/ Whitefriars,
London./_) is at the foot of p. 108.
_Poems_--
To a Lady weeping p. [101]
From the Turkish p. 102
Sonnet, To Genevra ("Thine eyes," etc.) p. 104
Sonnet, To Genevra ("Thy cheek," etc.) p. 105
Inscription on the Monument of a Newfoundland Dog p. 106
Farewell ("Farewell! if ever," etc.) p. 108
III.
The Corsair,/ A Tale./ ... Third Edition./ ... 1814./ [8º.
_Collation_--
_Vide supra_, No. 1. The Imprint (_Printed by T. Davison,
Lombard-Street,/ Fleet Street._/) is at the foot of p. 100.
_Note_.--The Poems which were inserted in the Second Edition pp.
[101]-108, were omitted in the Third Edition.
IV.
The Corsair,/ A Tale./ ... Fourth Edition.... 1814./ [8º.
_Collation_--
_Vide supra_, the Second Edition, No. ii.
_Note_.--The Poems inserted in the Second, and omitted in the Third, are
included in the Fourth Edition.
V.
The Corsair,/ A Tale./ By Lord Byron./ [Motto as above, No. i.] Fifth
Edition./ London:/ Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street;/ _By
Thomas Davison, Whitefriars_,/ 1814./ [8º.
_Collation_--
_Vide supra_, the Second Edition, No. ii.
VI.
The Corsair,/ A Tale./ ... Sixth Edition./ ... 1814./ [8º.
_Collation_--
For Title, _vide supra_, the Fifth Edition, No. v.
VII.
The Corsair,/ A Tale./ ... Seventh Edition./ ... 1814./ [8º.
_Collation_--
_Vide supra_, Second Edition, No. ii.
_Note_.--In this edition the last four lines of Canto I. stanza xi.
("The first may turn ... still it stings!") were added, together with
the Note, to Canto II., p. 33, line 18, "It has been objected," etc. The
poem numbers 1863 lines, the additional lines not being included in the
numeration.
VIII.
The Corsair,/ A Tale./ By Lord Byron./ [Motto as above.] From the Fifth
London Edition./ New-York:/ Published by Eastburn, Kirk, and Co./
Literary Rooms, Corner of Wall and Nassau Streets./ 1814./ [6º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xi. + 108.
_Note_.--_The Corsair_ was also published in Philadelphia in 1814, 16º.
IX.
The Corsair;/ A Tale./ By Lord Byron./ [Motto as above.] Ninth Edition./
London:/ Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1815./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Half-title, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.;
Dedication, pp. v.-xi.; Text, with Notes, pp. 1-112. The Imprint (_T.
Davison, Lombard-Street,/ Whitefriars, London._/) is at the foot of p.
112.
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