Produced by David Widger
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