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_.--The Second Edition of the _Giaour_, published at the end of
June or the beginning of July, numbers 816 lines. Note the misprints in
third line of the motto, "O'er which" for "To which," and "fling" for
"bring." The first edition of the Song, _A Selection of the Irish
Melodies_, 1807, i. 45, and other editions read "bring."
III.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal
remembrance," etc. [Motto, four lines, as in the Second Edition]./
Moore./ Third Edition,/ With Considerable Additions./ London:/ _Printed
by T. Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1813./
[8º.
_Collation_--
Half-title (R. Advt. of "Madame de Stael's Long Suppressed Work" [_De
L'Allemagne_]); Title, one leaf; Dedication; Advt., pp. 1, 2; Text, pp.
3-53 + Advt. of "Books Lately Published by John Murray," pp. [54]-[56].
The Imprint (_T. Davison, Lombard Street,/ Whitefriars, London_./) is at
the foot of p. [56].
_Note_.--The Text numbers 950 lines. The numbers 5, 10, etc., are
printed on the margin. The First and Second Editions are not numbered.
IV.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal
remembrance--one sorrow that throws/ It's bleak shade alike o'er our
joys and our woes--/ O'er which Life nothing brighter nor darker can
fling,/ For which joy hath no balm--and affliction no sting."/ Moore./
From the Third London Edition./ Boston:/ Printed by John Eliot,/ No. 5,
Court Street./ 1813.
_Collation_--
Pp. 72.
_Note_.--The _Giaour_ was also published at Philadelphia in 1813, 53 pp.
24º.
V.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal
remembrance," etc. [Motto, four lines, as in Second Edition]./ Moore./
Fifth Edition,/ With Considerable Additions./ London:/ _Printed by T.
Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray, Albemarle Street./ 1813./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Advt.; Text, pp. 1-66.
_Note_.--The Text numbers 1215 lines. The concluding note, "The
circumstance," etc., is enlarged (p. 66) by nine lines: "I do not
know"--"Hall of Eblis." The Dedication is wanting in the copy of the
Fifth Edition in the British Museum.
VI.
The Giaour,/ etc./ Sixth Edition,/ etc./ 1813./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Title, one leaf; Dedication; Advt.; Text, pp. 1-66.
_Note_.--The Text numbers 1215 lines. The Half-title is missing in the
Museum copy.
VII.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal
remembrance," etc. [Motto, four lines, as in the First Edition, "bring"
for "fling," etc.]./ Moore./ Seventh Edition, With some Additions./
London:/ _Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray,
Albemarle Street./ 1813./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Dedication; Advt.; Text, pp.
1-75. The Imprint (_T. Davison, Lombard Street_,/ Whitefriars, London./)
is in the centre of p. [76].
_Note_.--The Text numbers 1334 lines. The Notes are printed at the end
(pp. 65-75) of the volume.
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