THE

WORKS

OF

LORD BYRON.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. V.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

MDCCCXXXI.

17491.831

HARVARD

COLLEGE
LIBRARY

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CONTENTS OF VOL. V.

HOURS OF IDLENESS

Preface

On leaving Newstead Abbey

On a distant view of the village and school of

Harrow on the Hill

To D-

Epitaph on a friend

A fragment

To E-

Reply to some verses of J. M. Pigot, Esq. on

the cruelty of his mistress

To the sighing Strephon

The tear

To Miss

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-

The cornelian

On the death of a young lady, cousin to the

author, and very dear to him

To Emma

Page

1

5

11

X

An occasional prologue, delivered previous to

the performance of "The Wheel of Fortune"

at a private theatre

On the death of Mr. Fox

To M. S. G.

To Caroline

To Caroline

To Caroline

Stanzas to a lady

The first kiss of love

To M-

Song

To

CONTENTS.

To woman

To M. S. G.

To a beautiful quaker

To Marion

To a lady

Oscar of Alva

To Mary

To Lesbia

Lines addressed to a young lady

Love's last adieu

Damætas

To the Duke of D.

Adrian's address to his soul when dying

Translation

Transl

from Catullus

Translation of the epitaph on Virgil and Ti-

bullus

Page

37

39

41

43

44

46

48

49

51

53

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55

57

60

62

64

66

68

70

71

73

76

92

99

ib.

100

101

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Page

101

102

103

104

105

106

Fragments of school exercises

108

109

The episode of Nisus and Euryalus

Translation from the Medea of Euripides

Thoughts suggested by a college examination 129

123

To the Earl of

132

Answer to some elegant verses sent by a friend

to the author, complaining that one of his

descriptions was rather too warmly drawn

Granta

Lachin y Gair

To Romance

Imitation of Tibullus.

Translation from Catullus

Imitated from Catullus

Translation from Horace

Translation from Anacreon

Ode III.

CONTENTS.

137

139

145

148

Elegy on Newstead Abbey

151

On a change of masters at a great public school 160

Childish recollections

161

Answer to a beautiful poem, written by Mont-

gomery, author of "The Wanderer in Swit-

zerland,' &c. &c. entitled "The Common

Lot"

To the Rev. J. T. Becher

The death of Calmar and Orla

To E. N. L., Esq.

Το

Stanzas

180

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