VII.
Fare Thee Well,/ A Poem./ A Sketch/ From Private Life,/ A Poem,/ By Lord Byron./ Bristol:/ Printed for Barry & Son, High-Street./ 1816./ [8.
_Collation_--
Half-t.i.tle, pp. 1, 2; t.i.tle (R. _Barry & Son, Printers_.), pp. 3, 4; Text (_Fare Thee Well_), pp. 5-7; (A Sketch, etc.), pp. 8-12. The Imprint, as above, is at the foot of p. 12.
The Text is identical with that of the pamphlet.
VIII.
Fare Thee Well!/ And/ Other Poems./ By Lord Byron./ Edinburgh:/ Printed for John Robertson,/ 132, High Street./ 1816./ [8.
_Collation_--
t.i.tle, one leaf, pp. 1, 2; Text, pp. 3-32. The Imprint (_Walker and Greig, Printers_) is at the foot of p. 32.
_Contents_--
Fare Thee Well p. 3 A Sketch p. 7 Napoleon"s Farewell p. 13 On the Star of "The Legion of Honour" p. 15 Ode from the French p. 18 Ode ("Oh, shame to thee," etc.) p. 25 Madame Lavalette p. 30
_Note_.--An editorial note (p. 24) states that the Ode "Oh, shame to thee" was first published in the _Morning Chronicle_, July 31, 1815, under the signature "Brutus." "It has been ascribed by many to the Author of the _Pleasures of Hope_." A second note (p. 30) apologizes for the inclusion of "Madame Lavalette" [first published in the _Examiner_, January 21, 1816], which "has appeared in some other Editions of these Poems."
_The Giaour._
I.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal remembrance--one sorrow that throws/ "Its bleak shade alike o"er our joys and our woes--/ "To which Life nothing brighter nor darker can bring,/ "For which joy hath no balm--and affliction no sting."/ Moore./ London:/ _Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1813./ [8.
_Collation_--
Half-t.i.tle, one leaf; t.i.tle, one leaf; Dedication, "To Samuel Rogers, Esq.;" Text, pp. 1-41. The Imprint (_T. Davison, Lombard-Street,/ Whitefriars, London_./) is in the centre of p. [42].
_Note_.--The First Edition of the _Giaour_ (June 5, 1813) numbers 685 lines.
II.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal remembrance--one sorrow that throws/ "Its bleak shade alike o"er our joys and our woes-- / "O"er which Life nothing brighter nor darker can fling,/ "For which joy hath no balm--and affliction no sting." / Moore./ A New Edition, with some Additions./ London:/ _Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1813./ [8.
_Collation_--
Half-t.i.tle, one leaf; t.i.tle, one leaf; Dedication as above; Advt., "The tale," etc.; Text, pp. 1-47. The Imprint, as above (No. i.), is in the centre of p. [48].
_Note_.--The Second Edition of the _Giaour_, published at the end of June or the beginning of July, numbers 816 lines. Note the misprints in third line of the motto, "O"er which" for "To which," and "fling" for "bring." The first edition of the Song, _A Selection of the Irish Melodies_, 1807, i. 45, and other editions read "bring."
III.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal remembrance," etc. [Motto, four lines, as in the Second Edition]./ Moore./ Third Edition,/ With Considerable Additions./ London:/ _Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1813./ [8.
_Collation_--
Half-t.i.tle (R. Advt. of "Madame de Stael"s Long Suppressed Work" [_De L"Allemagne_]); t.i.tle, one leaf; Dedication; Advt., pp. 1, 2; Text, pp.
3-53 + Advt. of "Books Lately Published by John Murray," pp. [54]-[56].
The Imprint (_T. Davison, Lombard Street,/ Whitefriars, London_./) is at the foot of p. [56].
_Note_.--The Text numbers 950 lines. The numbers 5, 10, etc., are printed on the margin. The First and Second Editions are not numbered.
IV.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal remembrance--one sorrow that throws/ It"s bleak shade alike o"er our joys and our woes--/ O"er which Life nothing brighter nor darker can fling,/ For which joy hath no balm--and affliction no sting."/ Moore./ From the Third London Edition./ Boston:/ Printed by John Eliot,/ No. 5, Court Street./ 1813.
_Collation_--
Pp. 72.
_Note_.--The _Giaour_ was also published at Philadelphia in 1813, 53 pp.
24.
V.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal remembrance," etc. [Motto, four lines, as in Second Edition]./ Moore./ Fifth Edition,/ With Considerable Additions./ London:/ _Printed by T.
Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray, Albemarle Street./ 1813./ [8.
_Collation_--
Half-t.i.tle, one leaf; t.i.tle, one leaf; Advt.; Text, pp. 1-66.
_Note_.--The Text numbers 1215 lines. The concluding note, "The circ.u.mstance," etc., is enlarged (p. 66) by nine lines: "I do not know"--"Hall of Eblis." The Dedication is wanting in the copy of the Fifth Edition in the British Museum.
VI.
The Giaour,/ etc./ Sixth Edition,/ etc./ 1813./ [8.
_Collation_--
t.i.tle, one leaf; Dedication; Advt.; Text, pp. 1-66.
_Note_.--The Text numbers 1215 lines. The Half-t.i.tle is missing in the Museum copy.
VII.
The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal remembrance," etc. [Motto, four lines, as in the First Edition, "bring"
for "fling," etc.]./ Moore./ Seventh Edition, With some Additions./ London:/ _Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars_,/ For John Murray, Albemarle Street./ 1813./ [8.
_Collation_--
Half-t.i.tle, one leaf; t.i.tle, one leaf; Dedication; Advt.; Text, pp.