FUGITIVE PIECES
BY
GEORGE GORDON NOËL BYRON
Reproduced from the First Edition
WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
BY
MARCEL KESSEL
PUBLISHED FOR
THE FACSIMILE TEXT SOCIETY
BY
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
NEW YORK: MCMXXXIII
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Bibliographical Note i
ON LEAVING N--ST--D. 1
TO E----. 3
ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY, COUSIN TO THE AUTHOR AND VERY DEAR TO HIM. 4
TO D. ---- 5
TO ---- 6
TO CAROLINE. 7
TO MARIA ---- 10
FRAGMENTS OF SCHOOL EXERCISES, FROM THE PROMETHEUS VINCTUS OF ÆSCHYLUS. 11
LINES in "LETTERS OF AN ITALIAN NUN AND AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN," by J.J. ROUSSEAU, founded on facts. 12
ON A CHANGE OF MASTERS, AT A GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOL. 14
EPITAPH ON A BELOVED FRIEND. 15
ADRIAN'S ADDRESS TO HIS SOUL, WHEN DYING. 16
TO MARY. 17
"When to their airy hall,..." 19
TO ---- 20
"When I hear you express an affection so warm,..." 21
ON A DISTANT VIEW OF THE VILLAGE AND SCHOOL OF HARROW ON THE HILL. 1806. 23
THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY A COLLEGE EXAMINATION. 25
TO MARY, ON RECEIVING HER PICTURE. 28
ON THE DEATH OF Mr. FOX, THE FOLLOWING ILLIBERAL IMPROMPTU APPEARED IN THE MORNING POST. 30
TO A LADY, WHO PRESENTED THE AUTHOR A LOCK OF HAIR, BRAIDED WITH HIS OWN, AND APPOINTED A NIGHT IN DECEMBER, TO MEET HIM IN THE GARDEN. 31
TO A BEAUTIFUL QUAKER. 33
TO JULIA! 36
TO WOMAN. 38
AN OCCASIONAL PROLOGUE DELIVERED BY THE AUTHOR, PREVIOUS TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE, AT A PRIVATE THEATRE. 39
TO MISS E.P. 41
The TEAR. 43
REPLY TO SOME VERSES OF J.M.B. PIGOT, Esq. ON THE CRUELTY OF HIS MISTRESS. 46
GRANTA, A MEDLEY. 49
TO THE SIGHING STREPHON. 54...