" A copy is in the
possession
of Mr.
Byron
263-269), Moore
printed 165 lines of the "Paraphrase;" but his selections are drawn from
lines 1-458, and it is evident that he had access to an original MS.
(_MS. M. _), which is now in Mr. Murray's possession. The full text,
which follows the same MS. , was first published in vol. v. pp. 273-327
of the six-volume edition of 1831 (_vide ante_, No. xliii. of "Collected
Editions").
_The Irish Avatar_.
Byron wrote the _Irish Avatar_ at Ravenna, September 16, 1821. On the
17th he sent a copy of the verses to Moore, then resident at Paris; and
on September 20 he desired Moore to get "twenty copies of the whole
carefully and privately printed off.
" A copy is in the possession of Mr.
H. Buxton Forman, C. B. , and I am indebted to his kindness for the
following description: "The pamphlet consists of four 8vo leaves, viz.
half-title ('The Irish Avatar,' in bold capitals, with blank verse), pp.
[1], [2] + Text, pp. 3-8. The poem begins on the third page with a
dropped head, 'The Irish Avatar' again, and the first four verses. Pp.
4-7 contain six verses each, and p. 8 the remaining four, making up
thirty-two in all. The date at the end of p. 8 is 'September 16, 1821. '
There is no title-page proper; a headline, 'The Irish Avatar,' occurs on
pp. 4-8, which pages are numbered in Arabic figures in the outside
corners, and the thirty-two stanzas are also numbered in Arabic figures.
printed 165 lines of the "Paraphrase;" but his selections are drawn from
lines 1-458, and it is evident that he had access to an original MS.
(_MS. M. _), which is now in Mr. Murray's possession. The full text,
which follows the same MS. , was first published in vol. v. pp. 273-327
of the six-volume edition of 1831 (_vide ante_, No. xliii. of "Collected
Editions").
_The Irish Avatar_.
Byron wrote the _Irish Avatar_ at Ravenna, September 16, 1821. On the
17th he sent a copy of the verses to Moore, then resident at Paris; and
on September 20 he desired Moore to get "twenty copies of the whole
carefully and privately printed off.
" A copy is in the possession of Mr.
H. Buxton Forman, C. B. , and I am indebted to his kindness for the
following description: "The pamphlet consists of four 8vo leaves, viz.
half-title ('The Irish Avatar,' in bold capitals, with blank verse), pp.
[1], [2] + Text, pp. 3-8. The poem begins on the third page with a
dropped head, 'The Irish Avatar' again, and the first four verses. Pp.
4-7 contain six verses each, and p. 8 the remaining four, making up
thirty-two in all. The date at the end of p. 8 is 'September 16, 1821. '
There is no title-page proper; a headline, 'The Irish Avatar,' occurs on
pp. 4-8, which pages are numbered in Arabic figures in the outside
corners, and the thirty-two stanzas are also numbered in Arabic figures.
