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_.--Lord Byron contributed nine poems (signed L.B.; see Preface, p.
xi., to this volume) to this volume, viz.: (i.) _To a Youthful Friend_
("Few years have past," etc.), p. 185; (ii.) _Inscription on the
Monument of a Favourite Dog_, p. 190; (iii.) _To----_ ("Well! thou art
happy," etc.), p. 192; (iv.) _The Farewell To a Lady_ ("When man
expell'd," etc.), p. 195; (v.) _A Love Song to ----_ ("Remind me not,"
etc.), p. 197; (vi.) _Stanzas To the Same_ ("There was a time," etc.),
p. 200; (vii.) _To the Same_ ("And wilt thou weep," etc.), p. 202;
(viii.) _Song_ ("Fill the goblet again," etc.), p. 204; (ix.) _Stanzas
to ---- on leaving England_ ("'Tis done," etc.), p. 227.
VI.
Hours of Idleness;/ A/ Series of Poems,/ Original and Translated,/ By
George Gordon, Lord Byron,/ A Minor./ Μητ' αρ' με μαλ' αινεε μητε τι
νεικει [Greek: Mêt' ar' me mal' ainee mête ti neikei ] ./ Homer. Iliad,
10./ He whistled as he went for want of thought./ Dryden./ Second
Edition./ Paris:/ Published by Galignani,/ At the French, English,
Italian, German, and Spanish/ Library, No. 18, Rue Vivienne./ 1819./
[12º.
_Collation_--
Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Advt.; Dedication; Cont.; Text,
pp. 1-149 + "Critique ... _Ed. Rev_., No. 22," etc., pp. [150]-158.
_Note_.--A reproduction of _Poems Original and Translated_, Newark,
1808.
VII.
Hours of Idleness:/ A Series of Poems,/ Original and Translated./ By/
Lord Byron./ Μητ' αρ' με μαλ' αινεε μητε τι νεικει [Greek: Mêt' ar' me
mal' ainee mête ti neikei ] ./ Homer. Iliad, 10./ He whistled as he went
for want of thought./ Dryden./ London:/ Printed for Sherwin and Co. 24,
Paternoster Row./ 1820./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Half-title, pp. i., ii.; Title, pp. iii., iv.; Dedication, pp. v., vi.;
Cont., pp. vii., viii.; Text, pp. 1-160. The Imprint (_Sherwin and Co.,
Printers,/ Paternoster Row./_) is at the foot of p. 160.
_Note_.--A reproduction of _Poems Original and Translated_, Newark,
1808. The Front. (a sketch of Harrow-on-the-Hill) is engraved by
Eastgate from a painting by H. Halsted, Esq. It is a reproduction
(re-touched) of the Front. to the Newark Edition of 1808.
There were two issues of this edition (A and B). In A (Printed for
Sherwin and Co. 24 Paternoster Row) the Front. is without letters; the
past tenses and participles are printed "bloom'd," "mail-cover'd," etc.;
and on p. 160 the Imprint, as above, is at the foot of p. 160. In B
(Printed for W.T. Sherwin, etc.) the Front. is subscribed with the name
of painter and engraver; the past tenses are printed "bloomed," etc., in
full; and the Imprint (_Sherwin, Printer,/ Paternoster Row./_) is at the
foot of p. 160.
VIII.
Hours of Idleness;/ etc./ Third Edition./ Paris: Published by
Galignani,/ etc./ 1820./ [12º.
_Collation_--
This edition is identical with that of 1819, No. vi. p. 252. The Cont.
are printed at the end of the volume.
IX.
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