Index:The Works of Lord Byron (ed. Coleridge, Prothero) - Volume 1.djvu

Title The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 1—Poetry, Volume 1
Author George Gordon Byron
Editor Ernest Hartley Coleridge
Year 1903
Publisher John Murray
Location London
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Letters and Journals
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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

HOURS OF IDLENESS, AND OTHER EARLY POEMS.

Fugitive Pieces.
PAGE
Preface to the Poems v–x
Bibliographical Note to "Hours of Idleness and Other Early Poems" xi–xiii
Bibliographical Note to "English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers" xiv–xvi
On Leaving Newstead Abbey 1
To E—— 4
On the Death of a Young Lady, Cousin to the Author, and very dear to Him 5
To D—— 7
To Caroline 8
To Caroline 9
To Emma 12
Fragments of School Exercises: From the "Prometheus Vinctus" of Æschylus 14
Lines written in "Letters of an Italian Nun and an English Gentleman, by J. J. Rousseau: Founded on Facts" 15
Answer to the Foregoing, Addressed to Miss —— 15
On a Change of Masters at a Great Public School 16
Epitaph on a Beloved Friend 18
Adrian's Address to his Soul when Dying 20
A Fragment 21
To Caroline 21
To Caroline 23
On a Distant View of the Village and School of Harrow on the Hill, 1806 25
Thoughts Suggested by a College Examination 28
To Mary, on Receiving Her Picture 32
On the Death of Mr. Fox 34
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 36
To a Beautiful Quaker 38
To Lesbia! 41
To Woman 43
An Occasional Prologue, Delivered by the Author Previous to the Performance of "The Wheel of Fortune" at a Private Theatre 45
To Eliza 47
The Tear 49
Reply to some Verses of J. M. B. Pigot, Esq., on the Cruelty of his Mistress 53
Granta. A Medley 56
To the Sighing Strephon 63
The Cornelian 66
To M—— 68
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] 70
Translation from Catullus. Ad Lesbiam 72
Translation of the Epitaph on Virgil and Tibullus, by Domitius Marsus 73
Imitation of Tibullus. Sulpicia ad Cerinthum 74
Translation from Catullus. Lugete Veneres Cupidinesque 74
Imitated from Catullus. To Ellen 75

Poems on Various Occasions.
To M. S. G. 76
Stanzas to a Lady, with the Poems of Camoëns 78
To M. S. G. 79
Translation from Horace. Justum et tenacem, etc. 81
The First Kiss of Love 82
Childish Recollections 84
Answer to a Beautiful Poem, Written by Montgomery, Author of "The Wanderer in Switzerland," etc., entitled "The Common Lot" 107
Love's Last Adieu 109
Lines Addressed to the Rev. J. T. Becher, on his advising the Author to mix more with Society 112
Answer to some Elegant Verses sent by a Friend to the Author, complaining that one of his descriptions was rather too warmly drawn 114
Elegy on Newstead Abbey 116

Hours of Idleness.
To George, Earl Delawarr 126
Damœtas 128
To Marion 129
Oscar of Alva 131
Translation from Anacreon. Ode 1 147
From Anacreon. Ode 3 149
The Episode of Nisus and Euryalus. A Paraphrase from the Æneid, Lib. 9 151
Translation from the Medea of Euripides [Ll. 627–660] 168
Lachin y Gair 171
To Romance 174
The Death of Calmar and Orla 177
To Edward Noel Long, Esq. 184
To a Lady 189

Poems Original and Translated.
When I Roved a Young Highlander 191
To the Duke of Dorset 194
To the Earl of Clare 200
I would I were a Careless Child 205
Lines Written beneath an Elm in the Churchyard of Harrow 208

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. 56 210
Remembrance. First published in Works of Lord Byron, 1832, vii. 152 211
To a Lady Who Presented the Author with the Velvet Band which bound her Tresses. Works, 1832, vii. 151 212
To a Knot of Ungenerous Critics. MS. Newstead 213
Soliloquy of a Bard in the Country. MS. Newstead 217
L'Amitié est L'Amour sans Ailes. Works, 1832, vii. 161 220
The Prayer of Nature. Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 106 224
Translation from Anacreon. Ode 5. MS. Newstead 228
[Ossian's Address to the Sun in "Carthon."] MS. Newstead 229
[Pignus Amoris.] MS. Newstead 231
[A Woman's Hair.] Works, 1832, vii. 151 233
Stanzas to Jessy. Monthly Literary Recreations, July, 1807 234
The Adieu. Works, 1832, vii. 195 237
To ——. MS. Newstead 242
On the Eyes of Miss A—— H——. MS. Newstead 244
To a Vain Lady. Works, 1832, vii. 199 244
To Anne. Works, 1832, vii. 201 246
Egotism. A Letter to J. T. Becher. MS. Newstead 247
To Anne. Works, 1832, vii. 202 251
To the Author of a Sonnet Beginning, "'Sad is my verse,' you say, 'and yet no tear.'" Works, 1832, vii. 202 252
On Finding a Fan. Works, 1832, 203 253
Farewell to the Muse. Works, 1832, vii. 203 254
To an Oak at Newstead. Works, 1832, vii. 206 256
On Revisiting Harrow. Letters and Journals, i. 102 259
To my Son. Letters and Journals, i. 104 260
Queries to Casuists. MS. Newstead 262
Song. Breeze of the Night. MS. Murray 262
To Harriet. MS. Newstead 263
There was a Time, I need not name. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 200 264
And wilt Thou weep when I am low? Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 202 266
Remind me not, Remind me not. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 197 268
To a Youthful Friend. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 185 271
Lines Inscribed upon a Cup Formed from a Skull. First published, Childe Harold, Cantos i., ii. (Seventh Edition), 1814 276
Well! Thou art Happy. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 192 277
Inscription on the Monument of a Newfoundland Dog. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 190 280
To a Lady, On Being asked my reason for quitting England in the Spring. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 195 282
Fill the Goblet Again. A Song. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 204 283
Stanzas to a Lady, on Leaving England. Imitations and Translations, 1809, p. 227 285
English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers 289
Hints from Horace 385
The Curse of Minerva 451
The Waltz 475


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. Portrait of Lord Byron, from a Miniature, painted in 1815 by James Holmes, in the Possession of the Earl of Lovelace Frontispiece
2. Facsimile of Title-page of Poems on Various Occasions To face p.x
3. Facsimile of Title-page of Hours of Idleness xii
4. Facsimile of Title-page of Poems Original and Translated xii
5. Facsimile of Title-page of the First Edition of English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers xiv
6. Miss Chaworth, from a Miniature in the Possession of Mrs. Chaworth Musters, of Wiverton „ 276
7. “Theseus” from the East Pediment of the Parthenon, now in the British Museum „ 456