LORD BYRON, FROM A
PORTRAIT
IN OILS BY W.
Byron
CONTENTS OF VOL. V
Preface to Vol. V. of the Poems v
SARDANAPALUS: A TRAGEDY.
Introduction to _Sardanapalus_ 3
Dedication 7
Preface 9
_Sardanapalus_ 13
THE TWO FOSCARI: AN HISTORICAL TRAGEDY.
Introduction to _The Two Foscari_ 115
_The Two Foscari_ 121
CAIN: A MYSTERY.
Introduction to _Cain_ 199
Dedication 205
Preface 207
_Cain_ 213
HEAVEN AND EARTH; A MYSTERY.
Introduction to _Heaven and Earth_ 279
_Heaven and Earth_ 285
WERNER; OR, THE INHERITANCE: A TRAGEDY.
Introduction to _Werner_ 325
Note to the Introduction to _Werner_ 329
Dedication 335
Preface 337
_Werner_ 341
_Werner_. [First Draft. ] 453
THE DEFORMED TRANSFORMED: A DRAMA.
Introduction to _The Deformed Transformed_ 469
Advertisement 473
_The Deformed Transformed_ 477
Fragment of the Third Part of _The Deformed Transformed_ 531
THE AGE OF BRONZE; OR, CARMEN SECULARE ET ANNUS HAUD MIRABILIS.
Introduction to _The Age of Bronze_ 537
_The Age of Bronze_ 541
THE ISLAND; OR, CHRISTIAN AND HIS COMRADES.
Introduction to _The Island_ 581
Advertisement 585
_The Island_. Canto the First 587
Canto the Second 598
Canto the Third 618
Canto the Fourth 626
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1.
LORD BYRON, FROM A PORTRAIT IN OILS BY W. E. WEST,
IN THE POSSESSION OF MR. PERCY KENT _Frontispiece_
2. ASSUR-BANI-PAL, FROM A SLAB IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM To face p. 12
3. THE LION OF S. MARK'S 138
4. GOETHE, FROM A DRAWING BY D. MACLISE, R. A. , IN THE
VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM 282
5. GEORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE, FROM THE MEZZOTINT
BY VALENTINE GREEN, AFTER SIR J. REYNOLDS, P. R. A.