Part 1
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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
LORD BYRON (George Gordon Noël Byron)
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol. 1
## THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol. 2
## THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol. 3
## THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol. 4
## THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol. 5, Poetry
## THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol. 6, Poetry
## THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol. 7
## THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, LETTERS AND JOURNALS, Vol. 1
## THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON LETTERS AND JOURNALS, Vol. 2
## FUGITIVE PIECES
## CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
## DON JUAN
A DAY WITH LORD BYRON
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol. 1 (of 7) Poetical Works
CONTENTS Preface Poems on Various Occasions: facsimile of title page and Byron's disclaimer Bibliographical Note to 'Hours of Idleness' and Other Early Poems facsimiles of title pages of two different editions Bibliographical Note to English Bards and Scotch Reviewers facsimile of title page of English Bards, including Byron's signature Hours of Idleness and other Early Poems Fugitive Pieces On Leaving Newstead Abbey To E—— On the Death of a Young Lady, Cousin to the Author, and very dear to Him To D—— To Caroline To Caroline To Emma Fragments of School Exercises: From the Prometheus Vinctus of Æschylus Lines written in "Letters of an Italian Nun and an English Gentleman, by J.J. Rousseau: Founded on Facts" Answer to the Foregoing, Addressed to Miss—— On a Change of Masters at a Great Public School Epitaph on a Beloved Friend Adrian's Address to his Soul when Dying A Fragment To Caroline To Caroline On a Distant View of the Village and School of Harrow on the Hill, 1806 Thoughts Suggested by a College Examination To Mary, on Receiving Her Picture On the Death of Mr. Fox To a Lady who Presented to the Author a Lock of Hair Braided with his own, and appointed a Night in December to meet him in the Garden To a Beautiful Quaker To Lesbia! To Woman An Occasional Prologue, Delivered by the Author Previous to the Performance of "The Wheel of Fortune" at a Private Theatre To Eliza The Tear Reply to some Verses of J.M.B. Pigot, Esq., on the Cruelty of his Mistress Granta. A Medley To the Sighing Strephon The Cornelian To M—— Lines Addressed to a Young Lady. [As the Author was discharging his Pistols in a Garden, Two Ladies passing near the spot were alarmed by the sound of a Bullet hissing near them, to one of whom the following stanzas were addressed the next morning] Translation from Catullus. Ad Lesbiam Translation of the Epitaph on Virgil and Tibullus, by Domitius Marsus Imitation of Tibullus. Sulpicia ad Cerinthum Translation from Catullus. Lugete Veneres Cupidinesque Imitated from Catullus. To Ellen Poems on Various Occasions To M. S. G. Stanzas to a Lady, with the Poems of Camoëns To M. S. G. Translation from Horace. Justum et tenacem, etc. The First Kiss of Love Childish Recollections Answer to a Beautiful Poem, Written by Montgomery, Author of The Wanderer in Switzerland, etc., entitled The Common Lot Love's Last Adieu Lines Addressed to the Rev. J.T. Becher, on his advising the Author to mix more with Society Answer to some Elegant Verses sent by a Friend to the Author, complaining that one of his descriptions was rather too warmly drawn Elegy on Newstead Abbey. Hours of Idleness To George, Earl Delawarr Damætas To Marion Oscar of Alva Translation from Anacreon. Ode 1 From Anacreon. Ode 3 The Episode of Nisus and Euryalus. A Paraphrase from the Æneid, Lib. 9 Translation from the Medea of Euripides [L. 627-660] Lachin y Gair To Romance The Death of Calmar and Orla To Edward Noel Long, Esq. To a Lady Poems Original and Translated When I Roved a Young Highlander To the Duke of Dorset To the Earl of Clare I would I were a Careless Child Lines Written beneath an Elm in the Churchyard of Harrow Early Poems from Various Sources Fragment, Written Shortly after the Marriage of Miss Chaworth. First published in Moore's Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, 1830, i. 56 Remembrance. First published in Works of Lord Byron, 1832, vii. 152 To a Lady Who Presented the Author with the Velvet Band which bound her Tresses. Works, 1832, vii. 151 To a Knot of Ungenerous Critics. MS. Newstead Soliloquy of a Bard in the Country. MS. Newstead L'Amitié est L'Amour sans Ailes. Works, 1832, vii. 161 The Prayer of Nature. Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 106 Translation from Anacreon. Ode 5. MS. Newstead Ossian's Address to the Sun in "Carthon." MS. Newstead Pignus Amoris. MS. Newstead A Woman's Hair. Works, 1832, vii. 151 Stanzas to Jessy. Monthly Literary Recreations, July, 1807 The Adieu. Works, 1832, vii. 195 To——MS. Newstead On the Eyes of Miss A—— H—— MS. Newstead To a Vain Lady. Works, 1832, vii. 199 To Anne. Works, 1832, vii. 201 Egotism. A Letter to J.T. Becher. MS. Newstead To Anne. Works, 1832, vii. 202 To the Author of a Sonnet Beginning, "'Sad is my verse,' you say, 'and yet no tear.'" Works, 1832, vii. 202 On Finding a Fan. Works, 1832, 203 Farewell to the Muse. Works, 1832, vii. 203 To an Oak at Newstead. Works, 1832, vii. 206 On Revisiting Harrow. Letters and Journals, i. 102 To my Son. Letters and Journals, i. 104 Queries to Casuists. MS. Newstead Song. Breeze of the Night. MS. Lovelace To Harriet. MS. Newstead There was a Time, I need not name. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 200 And wilt Thou weep when I am low? Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 202 Remind me not, Remind me not. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 197 To a Youthful Friend. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 185 Lines Inscribed upon a Cup Formed from a Skull. First published, Childe Harold, Cantos i., ii. (Seventh Edition), 1814 Well! Thou art Happy. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 192 Inscription on the Monument of a Newfoundland Dog. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 190 To a Lady, On Being asked my reason for quitting England in the Spring. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 195 Fill the Goblet Again. A Song. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 204 Stanzas to a Lady, on Leaving England. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 227 English Bards and Scotch Reviewers Preface Introduction English Bards and Scotch Reviewers Postscript to the Second Edition Hints from Horace Introduction Hints from Horace The Curse of Minerva Notes to this edition Introduction The Curse of Minerva The Waltz Introduction Note to this edition Preface The Waltz
THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol. 2 (of 7) POETRY. Vol. II. Edited By Ernest Hartley Coleridge
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE Preface to Vol. II. of the Poems v 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
THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol. 3 (of 7) Poetry. Vol. III. Edited By Ernest Hartley Coleridge CONTENTS OF VOL. III. 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, ?e?te p?de?, ?.t.?. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (4to) 20 Translation of the Romaic Song, ???p? µes' t? pe??ß???, ?.t.?. 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
THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol. IV. Poetry. Edited By Ernest Hartley Coleridge
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
THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON. Vol. V. Poetry
CONTENTS OF VOL. V 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
THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON, Vol. VI. Poetry Edited By Ernest Hartley Coleridge
CONTENTS OF VOL. VI. 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