--The
additional
poem is the _Adieu to Malta_ on pp.
Byron
_Collation_--
Half-title (R. _Printed by A. Belin_), one leaf; Title, one leaf; Cont. ;
Text (including Second Half-title and Dedication), pp. 1-152 +
_Critique_, etc. , pp. [153]-168.
_Note_. --A reissue of the Newark edition of 1808, but a distinct edition
from those published by Galignani in 1819, 1820.
XI.
Hours of Idleness,/ A/ Series of Poems,/ Original and Translated. / By
Lord Byron. / Virginibus puerisque canto. --Horace. / He whistled as he
went, for want of thought. --Dryden. / A New Edition. / Glasgow. --Printed by
J. Starke. / 1825. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Title, one leaf; Preface, pp. i. -iii. (R. Cont. ); Text, pp. 1-84.
_Note_. --This edition, a reissue of _Hours of Idleness_, Newark, 1807,
was bound in a paper wrapper with ornamental border, uniform with
"_English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers_--price sixpence. "
XII.
Fugitive Pieces/ and/ Reminiscences/ of/ Lord Byron:/ Containing an entire
new Edition of/ The Hebrew Melodies,/ With the Addition of/ Several
never before Published;/ The whole illustrated with/ Critical,
Historical, Theatrical, Political, and Theological/ Remarks, Notes,
Anecdotes, Interesting Conversations,/ And Observations, made by that
Illustrious Poet;/ Together with his Lordship's Autograph;/ also some/
Original Poetry, Letters and Recollections/ of/ Lady Caroline Lamb. / By
I. Nathan,/ Author of an Essay on the History and Theory of Music,/ The
Hebrew Melodies, etc. , etc. / "Pascitur in vivis Livor, post Fata
quiescit:"/ "Tune (_sic_) suus, ex merito, quemque tuetur Honos. " Ovid. /
London:/ Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. / Ave Maria Lane. /
1829. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Pp. xxxvi. + 196. The Imprint (_Plummer and Brewis, Printers, Love Lane,
Eastcheap_. ) is at the foot of p. 191.
_Note_. --The Fugitive Pieces include the two selections from _Parisina_
included in _Hebrew Melodies_ No. i. , and three "original pieces of Lord
Byron, which have never before appeared in print;" viz. "I speak not--I
trace not," etc. , "In the valley of waters," and "They say that hope is
happiness. "
_Poems_.
Poems. / By Lord Byron. / Second Edition/ London:/ Printed for John
Murray, Albemarle-Street;/ By W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St.
James's,/ 1816. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Half-title, one leaf, pp. i. , ii. ; Title, one leaf, iii. , iv. ; Advt. ,
pp. v. , vi. ; Cont. , pp. vii. , viii. ; Text, pp. 9-39 + Notes, p. [40].
The Imprint (_London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. / Cleveland-row, St.
James's. /_) is at the foot of p. [40].
_Contents_--
To ---- ("When all around," etc. ) p. 9
Bright be the place p. 13
When we two parted p. 14
Stanzas for Music ("There's not a joy," etc. ) p. 16
Stanzas for Music ("There be none," etc. ) p. 19
Fare Thee Well p. 21
Ode (We do not curse," etc. ) p. 25
From the French p. 31
On the Star, etc. p. 34
Napoleon's Farewell p. 37
To Samuel Rogers, Esq. p. 39
Notes p. 40
_Note_. --The motto from Coleridge's _Christabel_ ("Alas! they had been
friends in youth") (14 lines) is on p. 20.
_Poems on His Domestic Circumstances_.
I.
Poems/ on His/ Domestic/ Circumstances. / I. Fare Thee Well! / II. A
Sketch From Private Life. / By Lord Byron. / With the/ Star of the Legion
of Honour,/ And other Poems. / London:/ Printed for W. Hone, 55, Fleet
Street. / 1816. / Price One Shilling. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Title, one leaf, pp. 3, 4; Text, pp. 5-31 + Note ("The first two Poems
were last produced. --The other/ five follow in the order wherein they
were written. "/ April, 1816. ), p. [32]. The Imprint (_Hay and Turner,
Printers, Newcastle Street, Strand_. ) is at the foot of p. [40].
_Contents_--
Fare Thee Well p. 5
A Sketch, etc. p. 9
Ode ("Oh, shame to thee," etc. ) p. 15
Fare Well to France p. 20
Madame Lavalette p. 22
Waterloo p. 24
On the Star, etc. p. 29
_Note_. --The Half-title is missing in the Museum copy. The Note prefixed
to "Waterloo" in the _Morning Chronicle_ (March 15, 1816) is reprinted,
together with the heading, "Said to be done into English Verse by R.
S****, P. L. P. R. Master of the Royal Spanish Inqn. --etc. , etc. , etc. "
II.
Poems/ on His/ Domestic Circumstances,/ etc. / With The/ Star of the
Legion of Honour,/ And Four Other Poems. / Second Edition. / London:/
Printed for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street,/ And Sold by J. M. Richardson, No.
23, Cornhill;/ J. Blacklock, Royal Exchange; G. Hebert, 36,/ Poultry;
Simpkin and Marshall,/ Stationers'/ Court; W. Reynolds, 137, Oxford
Street; and by/ All other Booksellers. / 1816. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Gen. Half-title (New/ Poems,/ By/ Lord Byron. /) (R. _Hay & Turner,
Printers, Newcastle-Street, Strand_. ), pp. 1, 2; Title, one leaf, pp. 3,
4; Text, pp. 5-31. The Note and Imprint, as above, are on p. [32].
III.
Poems,/ etc. / By Lord Byron. / With the/ Star of the Legion of Honour,/
etc. , etc. / Sixth Edition. / Containing Eight Poems. / London:/ Printed
for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street,/ etc. , etc. 1816. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Title (Imprint as above), pp. 1, 2; Text, pp. 3-31. The Note (altered to
"The other Six follow," etc. ) and the Imprint, as above, are on p. [32].
_Note_.
--The additional poem is the _Adieu to Malta_ on pp. 12-14. The
lines _Fare Thee Well_, which are printed in the First and Second
Editions in stanzas, are in the Sixth Edition printed continuously.
IV.
Poems,/ etc. / By Lord Byron. / With His/ Memoirs and Portrait. / Eighth
Edition. / Containing/ Nine Poems. / Fare Thee Well! / A Sketch From
Private Life. / On the Star of "The Legion of Honour. "/ Adieu to Malta. /
The/ Curse of Minerva. / Waterloo. / And Three Others. / London:/ Printed
for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street,/ etc. / 1816. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Title (R. Imprint as above), pp. 1, 2; Memoirs, etc. , pp. 3-6; Text, pp.
7-32.
_Note_. --The additional poem is the mutilated version of _The Curse of
Minerva_ (111 lines). The Front. is a lithograph of "Lord Byron," after
F. Sieurac.
V.
Poems/ etc. / By Lord Byron,/ etc. / Fifteenth Edition. / Containing/ Nine
Poems,/ etc. / London:/ Printed for W. Hone, 55, Fleet Street,/ etc. /
1816. / [8? .
_Collation_--
Title (R. Imprint as above), pp. 1, 2; Memoirs, etc. , pp. 3-8 + Text,
pp. 8-40.
_Note_. --The Text of the Fifteenth Edition is identical with the Text of
the Sixth Edition (pp. 3-[32]), including Note and Imprint on p. [32].
_The Curse of Minerva_ is on pp. 33-40. The Imprint, as above, is
repeated on the foot of p. 40.
VI. Lord Byron's/ Poems,/ on His Own/ Domestic Circumstances. / Fare Thee
Well. / Dublin:/ Printed by W. Espy, 59, Dame-Street. / 1816. / [8? .
_Collation_--Half-title (Poems, etc. / Entered at Stationers'-Hall. /),
one leaf, pp. 1, 2; Title, one leaf, pp. 3, 4; Preface, pp. 5, 6; Text,
pp. 7-15.
_Note_. --The edition contains _Fare Thee Well_, and _A Sketch_, etc. ,
without the other poems published by Hone.
VII.
Poems/ on His/ Domestic Circumstances,/ etc. etc. / By/ Lord Byron. /
Second Edition. /
1. Fare Thee Well
2. A Sketch from Private Life
3. On the Star of "The Legion of Honour"
4. Ode
5. Waterloo
6. Madame Lavalette
7. Farewell to France
8. Adieu to Malta
9. The Curse of Minerva
10. Farewell to England
11. To my Daughter, etc
12. To the Lily of France.
13. Ode to the Island of St. Helena.
14. To ----.
15. Bright be the Place to thy Soul!
16. Stanzas for Music.
17. To ----.
18. Stanzas for Music.
19. To ----.
20. On Reading Lord Byron's Farewell to England.
To which is Prefixed,/ Memoirs of His Life. / Bristol:/ _Printed for W.
Sheppard, Exchange_,/ And may be had of all the Booksellers. / 1816. /
[12? .
_Collation_--
Title, one leaf, pp. i. , ii. ; Memoirs, etc. , pp. iii. -vi. ; On Reading
Lord Byron's Farewell to England, pp. i. -iii. (R. Cont. ); Text, pp.
1-50. The Imprint (_Mary Bryan, Printer,(51)Corn-Street, Bristol_. ) is
at the foot of p. 50.
_Note_. --This edition contains the nine poems published by Hone (1816),
four forgeries, six of the _Poems_ published by Murray in 1816, and,
with a separate pagination, the lines _On Reading Lord Byron's Farewell
to England_ ("------- Still my bosom's indignation").
VIII.
Poems on His Domestic Circumstances, etc. Boston. 1816. [24? .
[Catalogue of the Boston Athenaeum Library. ]
IX.
Poems,/ etc. / By Lord Byron,/ etc. / Twenty-Third Edition. / Containing/
Nine Poems,/ etc. / London:/ Printed for W. Hone,/ 55, Fleet Street, and
67, Old Bailey,/ (_Three Doors from Ludgate Hill_,)/ And Sold By J. M.
Richardson,/ etc. / 1817/ [8? .
_Collation_--
Pp. 32.
X.
Poems,/ on His/ Domestic Circumstances,/ By/ The Right Honourable/ Lord
Byron:/ To which are added,/ Several Choice Pieces from His Lordship's
Works. / "Lord BIRON. --By heaven I do love; and it hath taught me/ to
rhyme, and to be melancholy; and here is part of my rhyme,/ and here my
melancholy. "/ SHAKESPEARE'S LOVE'S LABOUR LOST. / London:/ Printed for J.
Limbird, 355, Strand, (East End/ of Exeter 'Change),/ By W. Sears, 45,
Gutter Lane, Cheapside. / 1823/ [12? .
_Collation_--
Pp. vi. + 48. The Imprint (_Printed by W. Sears, 45, Gutter Lane,
Cheapside, London_. ) is at the foot of p. 48.
_Note_. --The collection contains twenty-four poems, including the
forgeries, _To my Daughter_, etc. ; _Farewell to England_; _Ode_ ("Oh,
shame to thee," etc. ); and _Madame Lavalette_.
XI.
Miscellaneous Poems,/ Including those on His/ Domestic Circumstances. /
By Lord Byron. / To which are prefixed/ Memoirs of the Author, and a
Tribute/ To his Memory/ By Sir Walter Scott. / London:/ Printed for John
Bumpus, 85, Newgate Street;/ And R. Griffin, & Co. , Glasgow. / 1824/
_Collation_--
Pp. xx. + 21-72. The Imprint (_Printed by A. Hancock, Middle Row Place,
Holborn_. ) is at the foot of p. 72.
_Note_. --The collection numbers twenty-five poems, including the
forgeries, _Ode_ ("Oh, shame to thee," etc. ); _Madame Lavalette_;
_Farewell to England_; _To my Daughter_, etc. ; _Ode to--S^t Helena_;
_To the Lily of France_; _The Enigma_ [H. ]; and three (genuine) stanzas
from the lines, "Well, thou art happy," here entitled _Song to Inez_;
and the lines _To Jessy_.
XII.
Miscellaneous Poems/ on His Domestic and Other/ Circum-stances. / By Lord
Byron. / London:/ Printed By and for William Cole,/ 10 Newgate-Street. /
1825. / [12? .