The Works of Lord Byron Volume 4-5; Comprising the Suppressed Poems (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: ... the temple of Theseus, between which and the tree the waU intervenes.--Cephisus' stream is indeed scanty, and llissus has no stream at all. Note 14. Page 17o, line 3o. That frown where gentler ocean seems to smile. The opening lines as far as Section II. have, perhaps, little business here, and were annexed to an unpublished (though printed) poem; but they were written, on the spot in the spring of 1S11, and--I scarce know why--the reader must excuse their appearance here if he can. Note 15. Page 17o, line 116. H1s only bends in Kerning o'er his beads. The comboloio, or Mahometan rosary; the beads are ta number ninety-nine. Note 16. Page 2oo, line 23. And the cold flowers her colder hand conta1n' 1l. In the Levant it is the custom to strew flowers on the bodies of the dead, and in the hands of young persons to place a nosegay. Note 17. Page 2o3, line 29. Link'd vilh-one virtue, and a thousand crimes. That the point of honour which is represented ia one instance of Conrad's character has not been carried beyond the bounds of probahility may perhaps be in some degree confirmed by the following anecdote of a brother buccaneer in the present year, 1814. Our readers have all seen the account of the enterprise against the pirates of Barrataria; but few, we believe, were informed of the situation, history, or nature of that establishment. For the information of such as were unacquainted with it, we have procured from a friend the following interesting narrative of the main facts, of which he has personal knowledge, and which cannot fail to interest some of our readers. Barrataria is a bay, or a narrow arm of the gulph of Mexico; it runs through a rich but'very flat country, until it reaches within a mile of the Mississippi river, fifteen miles below the city of Ne...