ECLECTIC ENGLISH CLASSICS

BYRON'S

CHILDE HAROLD (CANTO IV)

PRISONER OF CHILLON

AND OTHER SELECTIONS

EDITED BY

W. H. VENABLE, LL. D.

FORMERLY OF THE WALNUT HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, CINCINNATI

NEW YORK .:. CINCINNATI .:. CHICAGO
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

INTRODUCTION

LIST OF BYRON'S WORKS.

CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE OF BYRON'S LIFE

THE PRISONER OF CHILLON

MAZEPPA

CHILDE HAROLD'S "GOOD NIGHT" TO HIS NATIVE LAND

CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE, CANTO THE THIRD, STANZAS I-

CONTENTS.

XLVII

CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE, CANTO THE FOURTH

Song of the Greek Bard, FROM “DON JUAN”.

DARKNESS.

THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB

TO THOMAS MOORE.

WHEN COLDNESS WRAPS THIS SUFFERING CLAY

ON THIS DAY I COMPLETE MY THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR

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