THE WORKS,

OF

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD BYRON,

IN SEVEN VOLUMES.

OF

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD BYRON,

IN SEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

HOURS OF IDLENESS, A SERIES OF POEMS, ORIGINAL AND TRANSLATED,

BY GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON, A MINOR.

« Μητ' αρ με μαλ' αινει μητε

τι νείκει »

HOMER. Iliad, 10.

<< He whistled as he went for want of thought »

DRYDEN.

CRITIQUE ON THE SAME FROM THE EDINBURGH REVIEW AND ENGLISH
BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS.

BRUSSELS,

PUBLISHED AT THE ENGLISH REPOSITORY OF ARTS, N." 602,
RUE DE L'IMPÉRATRICE.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

FREDERICK, EARL OF CARLISLE,

KNIGHT OF THE GARTER, etc. etc.

THESE POEMS ARE INSCRIBED ,

BY HIS OBLIGED WARD,

AND AFFECTIONATE KINSMAN,

THE AUTHOR.