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 Title-page is enclosed in an ornamental border, and below the
words, "_Drawn by Edward Blore_" is the signature "I. Braham;" and below
the words, "_Engraved by W. Lowry_," the signature "I. Nathan."]
_Collation_--
Part I.: Illuminated Dedication "To Her Royal Highness the Princess
Charlotte of Wales," one leaf; Preface, signed "I. Braham, I. Nathan,"
and dated "London, April, 1815," one leaf; Index to the First Number,
one leaf; Music and Words, pp. 1-64.
Part II.: Title (A Selection of,/ etc.... By the Right Honorable Lord
Byron.)/ [Motto], "The harp the Monarch Minstrel swept," etc., five
lines./ See Page 4./ Lord Byron./ 2^nd^ Number, Price 1 Guinea./ Ent^d
at Stationers' Hall./ Published and Sold, etc./ _Prickett scrip. et
sculp._/ [The Title-vignette is King David playing a harp with angel and
tripod, engraved by H. Moses.] The title is signed "I. Nathan."
_Collation_--
Title, one leaf; Dedication, as above, one leaf; Index to the Second
Number, one leaf; Music and Words, pp. 65-133.
_Contents_--Part I.--
She walks, etc. p. 1
The Harp, etc. p. 5
If that high World p. 14
The wild Gazelle p. 19
Oh, weep for those p. 25
On Jordan's Banks p. 29
Jephtha's Daughter p. 36
Oh, snatch'd away p. 41
My Soul is dark p. 44
I saw thee weep p. 49
Thy days are done p. 52
It is the Hour p. 63
Part II.--
Warriors and Chiefs p. 65
We sate down and wept p. 71
Vision of Belshazzar p. 75
Herod's Lament p. 83
Were my Bosom p. 86
The Destruction of Sennacherib p. 91
Thou whose spell p. 97
When Coldness wraps P. 107
Fame, Wisdom, Love p. 111
From the last Hill p. 115
Francisca p. 120
Sun of the Sleepless p. 129
_Note_.--For a reissue, with additions, of this collection, see
_Fugitive Pieces and Reminiscences of Lord Byron, etc._, by I. Nathan,
1829, No. xii., p. 254.
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