Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Lord Byron
Author: Baron George Gordon Byron Byron
Editor: David Widger
Release date: March 25, 2019 [eBook #59122]
Most recently updated: March 2, 2021
Language: English
Credits: Produced by David Widger
Preface to Vol. II. of the Poems | |
Introduction to the First and Second Cantos | ix |
Notes on the MSS. of the First and Second Cantos | xvi |
Itinerary | xxi |
Preface to the First and Second Cantos | 3 |
To Ianthe | 11 |
Canto the First | 15 |
Notes | 85 |
Canto the Second | 97 |
Notes | 165 |
Introduction to Canto the Third | 211 |
Canto the Third | 215 |
Notes | 291 |
Introduction to Canto the Fourth | 311 |
Original Draft, etc., of Canto the Fourth | 316 |
Dedication | 321 |
Canto the Fourth | 327 |
Historical Notes by J. C. Hobhouse | 465 |
Preface to Vol. III. of the Poems | v |
Introduction to Occasional Pieces (Poems 1809-1813; Poems 1814-1816) | xix |
Poems 1809-1813. | |
The Girl of Cadiz. First published in Works of Lord Byron, 1832, viii. 56 | 1 |
Lines written in an Album, at Malta. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 4 |
To Florence. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 5 |
Stanzas composed during a Thunderstorm. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 7 |
Stanzas written in passing the Ambracian Gulf. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 11 |
The Spell is broke, the Charm is flown! First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 12 |
Written after swimming from Sestos to Abydos. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 13 |
Lines in the Travellers' Book at Orchomenus. First published, Travels in Italy, Greece, etc., by H. W. Williams, 1820, ii. 290 | 15 |
Maid of Athens, ere we part. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 15 |
Fragment from the "Monk of Athos." First published, Life of Lord Byron, by the Hon. Roden Noel, 1890, pp. 206, 207 | 18 |
Lines written beneath a Picture. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to)[xii] | 19 |
Translation of the famous Greek War Song, Δεῦτε πῖδες, κ.τ.λ. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 20 |
Translation of the Romaic Song, Μνέπω μεσ' τὸ περιβόλι, κ.τ.λ. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 22 |
On Parting. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 23 |
Farewell to Malta. First published, Poems on his Domestic Circumstances, by W. Hone (Sixth Edition, 1816) | 24 |
Newstead Abbey. First published, Memoir of Rev. F. Hodgson, 1878, i. 187 | 27 |
Epistle to a Friend, in answer to some Lines exhorting the Author to be Cheerful, and to "banish Care." First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 301 | 28 |
To Thyrza ["Without a stone," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 30 |
Stanzas ["Away, away," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 35 |
Stanzas ["One struggle more," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) | 36 |
Euthanasia. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (Second Edition) | 39 |
Stanzas ["And thou art dead," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (Second Edition) | 41 |
Lines to a Lady weeping. First published, Morning Chronicle, March 7, 1812 | 45 |
Stanzas ["If sometimes," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (Second Edition) | 46 |
On a Cornelian Heart which was broken. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (Second Edition) | 48 |
The Chain I gave was Fair to view. From the Turkish. First published, Corsair, 1814 (Second Edition) | 49 |
Lines written on a Blank Leaf of The Pleasures of Memory. First published, Poems, 1816 | 50 |
Address, spoken at the Opening of Drury-Lane Theatre, Saturday, October 10, 1812. First published, Morning Chronicle, October 12, 1812 | 51 |
Parenthetical Address. By Dr. Plagiary. First published, Morning Chronicle, October 23, 1812 | 55 |
Verses found in a Summer-house at Hales-Owen. First published, Works of Lord Byron, 1832, xvii. 244 | 59 |
Remember thee! Remember thee! First published, Conversations of Lord Byron, 1824, p. 330 | 59 |
To Time. First published, Childe Harold, 1814 (Seventh Edition) | 60[xiii] |
Translation of a Romaic Love Song. First published, Childe Harold, 1814 (Seventh Edition) | 62 |
Stanzas ["Thou art not false," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold, 1814 (Seventh Edition) | 64 |
On being asked what was the "Origin of Love." First published, Childe Harold, 1814 (Seventh Edition) | 65 |
On the Quotation, "And my true faith," etc. MS. M. | 65 |
Stanzas ["Remember him," etc.]. First published, Childe Harold, 1814 (Seventh Edition) | 69 |
Impromptu, in Reply to a Friend. First published, Childe Harold, 1814 (Seventh Edition) | 67 |
Sonnet. To Genevra ["Thine eyes' blue tenderness," etc.]. First published, Corsair, 1814 (Second Edition) | 70 |
Sonnet. To Genevra ["Thy cheek is pale with thought," etc.]. First published, Corsair, 1814 (Second Edition) | 71 |
From the Portuguese ["Tu mi chamas"]. First published, Childe Harold, 1814 (Seventh Edition). "Another Version." First published, 1831 | 71 |
The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale. | |
Introduction to The Giaour | 75 |
Bibliographical Note on The Giaour | 78 |
Dedication | 81 |
Advertisement | 83 |
The Giaour | 85 |
The Bride of Abydos. A Turkish Tale. | |
Introduction to The Bride of Abydos | 149 |
Note to the MSS. of The Bride of Abydos | 151 |
Dedication | 155 |
The Bride of Abydos. Canto the First | 157 |
Canto the Second | 178 |
Note to The Bride of Abydos | 211 |
The Corsair: A Tale. | |
Introduction to The Corsair | 217 |
Bibliographical Note on The Corsair | 220 |
Dedication | 223 |
The Corsair. Canto the First | 227 |
Canto the Second | 249 |
Canto the Third | 270[xiv] |
Introduction to the Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte | 303 |
Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte | 305 |
Lara: A Tale. | |
Introduction to Lara | 319 |
Lara. Canto the First | 323 |
Canto the Second | 348 |
Hebrew Melodies. | |
Introduction to the Hebrew Melodies | 375 |
Advertisement | 379 |
She walks in Beauty | 381 |
The Harp the Monarch Minstrel swept | 382 |
If that High World | 383 |
The Wild Gazelle | 384 |
Oh! weep for those | 385 |
On Jordan's Banks | 386 |
Jephtha's Daughter | 387 |
Oh! snatched away in Beauty's Bloom | 388 |
My Soul is Dark | 389 |
I saw thee weep | 390 |
Thy Days are done | 391 |
Saul | 392 |
Song of Saul before his Last Battle | 393 |
"All is Vanity, saith the Preacher" | 394 |
When Coldness wraps this Suffering Clay | 395 |
Vision of Belshazzar | 397 |
Sun of the Sleepless! | 399 |
Were my Bosom as False as thou deem'st it to be | 399 |
Herod's Lament for Mariamne | 400 |
On the Day of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus | 401 |
By the Rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept | 402 |
"By the Waters of Babylon" | 404 |
The Destruction of Sennacherib | 404 |
A Spirit passed before me | 406 |
Poems 1814-1816. | |
Farewell! if ever Fondest Prayer. First published, Corsair (Second Edition, 1814) | 409 |
When we Two parted. First published, Poems, 1816 | 410 |
[Love and Gold.] MS. M. | 411 |
Stanzas for Music ["I speak not, I trace not," etc.]. First published, Fugitive Pieces, 1829 | 413[xv] |
Address intended to be recited at the Caledonian Meeting. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 559 | 415 |
Elegiac Stanzas on the Death of Sir Peter Parker, Bart. First published, Morning Chronicle, October 7, 1814 | 417 |
Julian [a Fragment]. MS. M. | 419 |
To Belshazzar. First published, 1831 | 421 |
Stanzas for Music ["There's not a joy," etc.]. First published, Poems, 1816 | 423 |
On the Death of the Duke of Dorset. MS. M | 425 |
Stanzas for Music ["Bright be the place of thy soul"]. First published, Examiner, June 4, 1815 | 426 |
Napoleon's Farewell. First published, Examiner, July 30, 1815 | 427 |
From the French ["Must thou go, my glorious Chief?"]. First published, Poems, 1816 | 428 |
Ode from the French ["We do not curse thee, Waterloo!"]. First published, Morning Chronicle, March 15, 1816 | 431 |
Stanzas for Music ["There be none of Beauty's daughters"]. First published, Poems, 1816 | 435 |
On the Star of "the Legion of Honour." First published, Examiner, April 7, 1816 | 436 |
Stanzas for Music ["They say that Hope is happiness"]. First published, Fugitive Pieces, 1829 | 438 |
The Siege of Corinth. | |
Introduction to The Siege of Corinth | 441 |
Dedication | 445 |
Advertisement | 447 |
Note on the MS. of The Siege of Corinth | 448 |
The Siege of Corinth | 449 |
Parisina. | |
Introduction to Parisina | 499 |
Dedication | 501 |
Advertisement | 503 |
Parisina | 505 |
Poems of the Separation. | |
Introduction to Poems of the Separation | 531 |
Fare Thee Well | 537 |
A Sketch | 540 |
Stanzas to Augusta | 544 |
CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.
Preface to Vol. IV. of the Poems | v |
The Prisoner of Chillon. | |
Introduction to The Prisoner of Chillon | 3 |
Sonnet on Chillon | 7 |
Advertisement | 9 |
The Prisoner of Chillon | 13 |
Poems of July-September, 1816. The Dream. | |
Introduction to The Dream | 31 |
The Dream. First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc., 1816 | 33 |
Darkness. First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc., 1816 | 42 |
Churchill's Grave. First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc., 1816 | 45 |
Prometheus. First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc., 1816 | 48 |
A Fragment. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 36 | 51 |
Sonnet to Lake Leman, First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc., 1816 | 53 |
Stanzas to Augusta. First published, Prisoner of Chillon, etc., 1816 | 54 |
Epistle to Augusta. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 38-41 | 57 |
Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was Ill. First published, 1831 | 63 |
Monody on the Death of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan. | |
Introduction to Monody, etc. | 69 |
Monody on the Death of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan, Spoken at Drury Lane Theatre, London | 71 |
Manfred: A Dramatic Poem. [xii] | |
Introduction to Manfred | 79 |
Manfred | 85 |
The Lament of Tasso. | |
Introduction to The Lament of Tasso | 139 |
Advertisement | 141 |
The Lament of Tasso | 143 |
Beppo: A Venetian Story. | |
Introduction to Beppo | 155 |
Beppo | 159 |
Ode on Venice. | |
Ode on Venice | 193 |
Mazeppa. | |
Introduction to Mazeppa | 201 |
Advertisement | 205 |
Mazeppa | 207 |
The Prophecy of Dante. | |
Introduction to The Prophecy of Dante | 237 |
Dedication | 241 |
Preface | 243 |
The Prophecy of Dante. Canto the First | 247 |
Canto the Second | 255 |
Canto the Third | 261 |
Canto the Fourth | 269 |
The Morgante Maggiore of Pulci. | |
Introduction to The Morgante Maggiore | 279 |
Advertisement | 283 |
The Morgante Maggiore. Canto the First | 285 |
Francesca Of Rimini. | |
Introduction to Francesca of Rimini | 313 |
Francesco of Rimini | 317 |
Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice: an Historical Tragedy. [xiii] | |
Introduction to Marino Faliero | 325 |
Preface | 331 |
Marino Faliero | 345 |
Appendix | 462 |
The Vision Of Judgment. | |
Introduction to The Vision of Judgment | 475 |
Preface | 481 |
The Vision of Judgment | 487 |
Poems 1816-1823. | |
A very Mournful Ballad on the Siege and Conquest of Alhama. First published, Childe Harold, Canto IV., 1818 | 529 |
Sonetto di Vittorelli. Per Monaca | 535 |
Translation from Vittorelli. On a Nun. First published, Childe Harold, Canto IV., 1818 | 535 |
On the Bust of Helen by Canova. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 61 | 536 |
[Venice. A Fragment.] MS. M | 537 |
So we'll go no more a-roving. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 79 | 538 |
[Lord Byron's Verses on Sam Rogers.] Question and Answer. First published, Fraser's Magazine, January, 1833, vol. vii. pp. 82-84 | 538 |
The Duel. MS. M | 542 |
Stanzas to the Po. First published, Conversations of Lord Byron, 1824 | 545 |
Sonnet on the Nuptials of the Marquis Antonio Cavalli with the Countess Clelia Rasponi of Ravenna. MS. M | 547 |
Sonnet to the Prince Regent. On the Repeal of Lord Edward Fitzgerald's Forfeiture. First published, Letters and Journals, ii. 234, 235 | 548 |
Stanzas. First published, New Monthly Magazine, 1832 | 549 |
Ode to a Lady whose Lover was killed by a Ball, which at the same time shivered a portrait next his heart. MS. M. | 552 |
The Irish Avatar. First published, Conversations of Lord Byron, 1824 | 555 |
Stanzas written on the Road between Florence and Pisa. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 566, not | 562 |
[xiv] Stanzas to a Hindoo Air. First published, Works of Lord Byron | 563 |
To —— First published, New Monthly Magazine, 1833 | 564 |
To the Countess of Blessington. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830 | 565 |
Aristomanes. Canto First. MS. D. | 566 |
The Blues: A Literary Eclogue. | |
Introduction to The Blues | 569 |
The Blues. Eclogue the First | 573 |
Eclogue the Second | 580 |
Preface to Vol. V. of the Poems | v |
Sardanapalus: A Tragedy. | |
Introduction to Sardanapalus | 3 |
Dedication | 7 |
Preface | 9 |
Sardanapalus | 13 |
The Two Foscari: An Historical Tragedy. | |
Introduction to The Two Foscari | 115 |
The Two Foscari | 121 |
Cain: A Mystery. | |
Introduction to Cain | 199 |
Dedication | 205 |
Preface | 207 |
Cain | 213 |
Heaven and Earth; A Mystery. | |
Introduction to Heaven and Earth | 279 |
Heaven and Earth | 285 |
Werner; or, The Inheritance: A Tragedy. | |
Introduction to Werner | 325 |
Note to the Introduction to Werner | 329 |
Dedication | 335 |
Preface | 337 |
Werner | 341 |
Werner. [First Draft.] | 453 |
The Deformed Transformed: A Drama. | |
Introduction to The Deformed Transformed | 469 |
Advertisement | 473 |
The Deformed Transformed | 477 |
Fragment of the Third Part of The Deformed Transformed | 531 |
The Age of Bronze; or, Carmen Seculare et Annus haud Mirabilis. | |
Introduction to The Age of Bronze | 537 |
The Age of Bronze | 541 |
The Island; or, Christian and his Comrades. | |
Introduction to The Island | 581 |
Advertisement | 585 |
The Island. Canto the First | 587 |
Canto the Second | 598 |
Canto the Third | 618 |
Canto the Fourth | 626 |
Dedication | v |
Preface to Vol. VI. of the Poems | vii |
Introduction to DON JUAN | xv |
Dedication to Robert Southey, Esq. | 3 |
DON JUAN— | |
Canto I | 11 |
Canto II | 81 |
Canto III | 143 |
Canto IV | 183 |
Canto V | 218 |
Preface to Cantos VI., VII., and VIII | 264 |
Canto VI | 268 |
Canto VII | 302 |
Canto VIII | 330 |
Canto IX | 373 |
Canto X | 400 |
Canto XI | 427 |
Canto XII | 455 |
Canto XIII | 481 |
Canto XIV | 516 |
Canto XV | 544 |
Canto XVI | 572 |
Canto XVII | 608 |
Preface to Vol. VII. of the Poems. v
Jeux d'Esprit and Minor Poems, 1798-1824.
Epigram on an Old Lady who had some Curious Notions respecting the
Soul. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 28. 1
Epitaph on John Adams, of Southwell. First published, Letters and
Journals, 1830, i. 106. 1
A Version of Ossian's Address to the Sun. First published, Atlantic
Monthly, December, 1898. 2
Lines to Mr. Hodgson. Written on board the Lisbon Packet. First
published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 230-232. 4
[To Dives. A Fragment.] First published, Lord Byron's Works,
1833, xvii. 241. 7
Farewell Petition to J. C. H., Esqre. First published, Murray's
Magazine, 1887, vol. i. pp. 290, 291. 7
Translation of the Nurse's Dole in the Medea of Euripides.
First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 227. 10
My Epitaph. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i.
240. 10
Substitute for an Epitaph. First published, Lord Byron's Works,
1832, ix. 4. 11
Epitaph for Joseph Blacket, late Poet and Shoemaker. First published,
Lord Byron's Works, 1832, ix. 10. 11
On Moore's Last Operatic Farce, or Farcical Opera. First published, Letters
and Journals, 1830, i. 295 (note). 12
[S. M. Dallas.] First published, Life, Writings, Opinions, etc.,
1825, ii. 192. 12
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS |
Preface | |
List of Letters | |
Chapter I | Childhood and School |
Chapter II | Cambridge and Juvenile Poems |
Chapter III | English Bards and Scotch Reviewers |
Chapter IV | Travels in Albania, Greece etc. Death of Mrs. Byron |
Appendix I | Review of Wordsworth's Poems |
Appendix II | Article from the Edinburgh Review, For January, 1808 |
Appendix III | Review of Gell's Geography of Ithaca, and Itinerary Of Greece |
Bibliographical Note i |
ON LEAVING N--ST--D. 1 |
TO E----. 3 |
ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY, COUSIN TO THE AUTHOR AND VERY DEAR TO HIM. 4 |
TO D. ---- 5 |
TO ---- 6 |
TO CAROLINE. 7 |
TO MARIA ---- 10 |
FRAGMENTS OF SCHOOL EXERCISES, FROM THE PROMETHEUS VINCTUS OF ÆSCHYLUS. 11 |
LINES in "LETTERS OF AN ITALIAN NUN AND AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN," by J.J. ROUSSEAU, founded on facts. 12 |
ON A CHANGE OF MASTERS, AT A GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOL. 14 |
EPITAPH ON A BELOVED FRIEND. 15 |
ADRIAN'S ADDRESS TO HIS SOUL, WHEN DYING. 16 |
TO MARY. 17 |
"When to their airy hall,..." 19 |
TO ---- 20 |
"When I hear you express an affection so warm,..." 21 |
ON A DISTANT VIEW OF THE VILLAGE AND SCHOOL OF HARROW ON THE HILL. 1806. 23 |
THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY A COLLEGE EXAMINATION. 25 |
TO MARY, ON RECEIVING HER PICTURE. 28 |
ON THE DEATH OF Mr. FOX, THE FOLLOWING ILLIBERAL IMPROMPTU APPEARED IN THE MORNING POST. 30 |
TO A LADY, WHO PRESENTED THE AUTHOR A LOCK OF HAIR, BRAIDED WITH HIS OWN, AND APPOINTED A NIGHT IN DECEMBER, TO MEET HIM IN THE GARDEN. 31 |
TO A BEAUTIFUL QUAKER. 33 |
TO JULIA! 36 |
TO WOMAN. 38 |
AN OCCASIONAL PROLOGUE DELIVERED BY THE AUTHOR, PREVIOUS TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE, AT A PRIVATE THEATRE. 39 |
TO MISS E.P. 41 |
The TEAR. 43 |
REPLY TO SOME VERSES OF J.M.B. PIGOT, Esq. ON THE CRUELTY OF HIS MISTRESS. 46 |
GRANTA, A MEDLEY. 49 |
TO THE SIGHING STREPHON. 54 |
THE CORNELIAN. 57 |
TO A. ---- 59 |
AS THE AUTHOR WAS DISCHARGING HIS PISTOLS IN A GARDEN,... 61 |
TRANSLATION FROM CATULLUS. AD LESBIAM. 63 |
TRANSLATION OF THE EPITAPH ON VIRGIL AND TIBULLUS, by DOMITIUS MARSUS. 64 |
IMITATION OF TIBULLUS "SULPICIA AD CERINTUM." LIB. QUART. 64 |
TRANSLATION FROM CATULLUS. LUCTUS DE NORTE PASSERIS. 65 |
IMITATED FROM CATULLUS. TO ANNA. 66 |
TO IANTHE. |
CANTO THE FIRST. |
CANTO THE SECOND. |
CANTO THE THIRD. |
CANTO THE FOURTH. |