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English Bards,/ And/ Scotch Reviewers,/ A Satire./ By/ Lord Byron./ I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew,/ Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers./ _Shakspeare_./ Such shameless bards we have; and yet, 'tis true,/ There are as mad abandoned critics too. _Pope_./ A New Edition./ London:/ Printed by T. Kay, at the Egyptian Press, 1, Welbeck Street,/ Cavendish Square, For the Booksellers./ 1827./ [8º

_Collation_--

Half-title, pp. i., ii.; Title, pp. iii., iv.; Preface, pp. v.-vii.; Text, pp. 1-78; Postscript (_sic_), pp. [79]-80. The Imprint (_Printed by T. Kay, 1, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square_.) is at the foot of p. 80.

_Note_.--The Text follows the Third Edition of 1810. The misprint "ingenious" occurs in a footnote to p. 4. The words "A Satire," "Shakspeare," and "Pope" on the Title-page are in Gothic characters.

_Fare Thee Well_.

_Fare Thee Well_. First Version, consisting of Thirteen Stanzas, dated March 18, 1816. [249 x 190.

_Collation_--

Pp. [1]-[3].