FACSIMILES. No. I.-VERSES WRITTEN IN PENCIL, AT HARROW, IN FEBRUARY, 1803. See p. 377. No. II. ROUGH DRAFT OF A PASSAGE IN 'THE GIAOUR,' APRIL, 1813. See p. 63 No. III.-MARRIAGE SIGNATURES OF LORD AND LADY BYRON, JANUARY 2, 1813. No. IV. -EXTRACT FROM LORD BYRON'S DIARY, 1821. No. V.-EXTRACT OF LORD BYRON'S LAST LETTER TO MR. MURRAY, DATED MISSOLONGHII, FEBRUARY 25TH, 1824. "I have heard from Mr. Douglas Kinnaird that you state a report of a satire on Mr. Gifford having arrived from Italy, said to be written by me! but that you do not believe it.' I dare say you do not, nor anybody else, I should think. Whoever asserts that I am the author or abettor of anything of the kind on Gifford lies in his throat. I always regarded him as my literary father, and myself as his prodigal son; if any such composition exists it is none of mine. You know as well as anybody upon whom I have or have not written; and you also know whether they do or did not deserve that same. "On Sunday (the 15th, I believe), I had a strong and sudden convulsive attack, which left me speechless, though not motionless-for some strong men could not hold me; but whether it was epilepsy, catalepsy, cachexy, apoplexy, or what other exy or epsy, the doctors have not decided. "My health is now better, and I ride about again. My office here is no sinecure so many parties, and difficulties of every kind; but I will do what I can. AT VARIOUS PERIODS OF HIS LIFE. 1At Harrow in 1803 From the Graous 1813 first draft by hoped to clasp rience whem Death a love could ser or with malignant 19 Has torn thee from my Grasje Breast ver the dead. He who hath bout him. I'm the first day of death is death is fled. The first dark day The last of doven of of distress Before Correlations, can hering fingers, Nath tinged the hue whare Beauty lingers ached the soft & settled air deralls with all but Spirit there And mashed That ander the fat get fond liner that sheah alms the plarid cheebn From the fraour 1813 first draft And ވ где last for that sat strande pale whore timely tell the a mem mant yet little hour We still might doubt the Grants pour To fair 30 calm so softly scaled first- last look - by Beath revealed! III. Marriage Signatures of Lord and Lady Byron January 21815 By wella Ande Isabella Milbanke. |