The Works of Lord Byron (ed. Coleridge, Prothero)/Poetry/Volume 7

by George Gordon Byron

Poetical Works

OF

LORD BYRON.

First Edition . . February, 1904.
Second Edition . . October, 1905.

Ada Byron
(Countess of Lovelace)

The Works

OF

LORD BYRON.

A NEW, REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION,

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

Poetry. Vol. VII.

EDITED BY

ERNEST HARTLEY COLERIDGE, M.A.,

HON. F.R.S.L.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.

1905.

CONTENTS OF VOL. VII.

PAGE
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
[R. C. Dallas.] First published, Life, Writings, Opinions, etc., 1825, ii. 192		12
An Ode to the Framers of the Frame Bill. First published, Morning Chronicle, March 2, 1812		13
To the Honble. Mrs. George Lamb. First published, The Two Duchesses, by Vere Foster, 1898, p. 374		15
[La Revanche.] MS. M.		15
To Thomas Moore. Written the Evening before his Visit to Mr. Leigh Hunt in Horsemonger Lane Gaol, May 19, 1813. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 401		16
On Lord Thurlow's Poems. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 396		17
To Lord Thurlow. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 397		19
The Devil's Drive. First published (stanzas 1–5, 8, 10–12, 17, 18), Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 471–474; and (stanzas 6, 7, 9, 13–16, 19–27) from a MS. in the possession of the Earl of Ilchester		21
Windsor Poetics. First published, Poetical Works, Paris, 1819, vi. 125		35
[Another Version.] On a Royal Visit to the Vaults. From an autograph MS. in the possession of the Hon. Mrs. Norbury, now for the first time printed		36
Ich Dien. From an autograph MS. in the possession of Mr. A. H. Hallam Murray, now for the first time printed		36
Condolatory Address, To Sarah Countess of Jersey. First published, The Champion, July 31, 1814		37
Fragment of an Epistle to Thomas Moore. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 561, 562 (note)		39
Answer to ——'s Professions of Affection. MS.		40
On Napoleon's Escape from Elba. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 611		41
Endorsement to the Deed of Separation, in the April of 1816. First published, Poetical Works, 1831, vi. 454		41
[To George Anson Byron (?).] First published, Nicnac, March 25, 1823		41
Song for the Luddites. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 58		42
To Thomas Moore ("What are you doing now?"). First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 58, 59		43
To Mr. Murray ("To hook the Reader," etc.). First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 91		44
Versicles. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 87		45
Quem Deus vult perdere prius dementat. First published, Letters, 1900, iv. 93		45
To Thomas Moore ("My boat is on the shore"). First published, The Traveller, January 8, 1821		46
Epistle from Mr. Murray to Dr. Polidori. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 139–141		47
Epistle to Mr. Murray. First published (stanzas 1, 2, 4, 7–9), Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 156, 157; and (stanzas 3, 5, 6, 10, 11) Letters, 1900, iv. 191–193		51
On the Birth of John William Rizzo Hoppner. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 134		54
[E Nihilo Nihil; or, An Epigram Bewitched.] MS. M.		55
To Mr. Murray. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 171		56
Ballad. To the Tune of "Sally in our Alley." MS. M.		58
Another Simple Ballat. MS. M.		61
Epigram. From the French of Rulhiéres. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 235		62
Epilogue. First published, Paradies, etc., collected ... by Walter Hamilton, 1888, p. 105		63
On my Wedding-Day. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 294		64
Epitaph for William Pitt. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 295		64
Epigram ("In digging up your bones, Tom Paine"). First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 295		65
Epitaph ("Posterity will ne'er survey"). First published, Lord Byron's Works, 1833, xvii. 246		65
Epigram ("The world is a bundle of hay"). First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 494		65
My Boy Hobbie O. First published, Murray's Magazine, March, 1887, vol. i. pp. 292, 293		66
Lines, Addressed by Lord Byron to Mr. Hobhouse on his Election for Westminster. First published, Miscellaneous Poems, 1824		69
A Volume of Nonsense. First published, Letters, 1900, v. 83		70
Stanzas. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 377		70
To Penelope. First published, Medwin's Conversations, 1824, p. 106		71
The Charity Ball. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 540		71
Epigram, On the Braziers' Address, etc. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 442		72
On my Thirty-third Birthday. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 414		73
Martial, Lib. I. Epig. I. First published, Lord Byron's Works, 1833, xvii. 245		74
Bowles and Campbell. First published, The Liberal, 1823, No. II. p. 398		74
Elegy. First published, Medwin's Conversations, 1824, p. 121		75
John Keats. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 506		76
From the French ("Ægle, beauty and poet," etc.). First published, The Liberal, 1823, No. II. p. 396		76
To Mr. Murray ("For Orford," etc.). First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 517		76
[Napoleon's Snuff-box.] First published, Conversations of Lord Byron, 1824, p. 235		77
The New Vicar of Bray. First published, Works (Galignani), 1831, p. 116		78
Lucietta. A Fragment. MS. M.		81
Epigrams. First published, The Liberal, No. I. October 18, 1822, p. 164		81
The Conquest. First published, Lord Byron's Works, 1833, xvii. 246		82
Impromptu ("Beneath Blessington's eyes"). First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 635		82
Journal in Cephalonia. First published, Letters, 1901, vi. 238		83
Song to the Suliotes. MS. M.		83
[Love and Death.] First published, Murray's Magazine, February, 1887, vol. i. pp. 145, 146		84
Last Words on Greece. First published, Murray's Magazine, February, 1887, vol. i. p. 146		85
On this Day I complete my Thirty-sixth Year. First published, Morning Chronicle, October 29, 1824		86
A Bibliography of the Successive Editions and Translations of Lord Byron's Poetical Works		89
Notes—
Note (1).—On Genuine and Spurious Issues of English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers		305
Note (2).—Correspondence between the First Edition as numbered and the Present Issue as numbered		307
Note (3).—The Annotated Copies of the Fourth Edition of 1811		310
Appendix to Bibliography		314
Contents of Bibliography		317
Summary of Bibliography		319
Index		349
Index to First Lines		449

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

1.	The Countess of Lovelace, from the Portrait by Mrs. Carpenter	Frontispiece
2.	Mrs. Pigott's House, Southwell	To face p. xx
3.	Mrs. Birdmere's House, Southwell	„  „   2
4.	Sir George Sinclair, Bart., after the Portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn	„  „  16
5.	Annesley Hall	„  „  38
6.	Diadem Hill (Annesley Park), where Lord Byron parted from Mary Chaworth	„  „ 304
7.	The Brig o' Balgownie	„  „ 318
8.	The Prison called Tasso's Cell, in the Hospital of Sant' Anna, at Ferrara	„  „ 348
9.	The Armenian Convent at Venice, from a Photograph by Mr. Rupert Oswald Smith	„  „ 448

MRS. PIGOTT'S HOUSE, SOUTHWELL.