I.

The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal remembrance—one sorrow that throws/ "Its bleak shade alike o'er our joys and our woes—/ "To which Life nothing brighter nor darker can bring,/ "For which joy hath no balm—and affliction no sting."/ Moore./ London:/ Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars,/ For John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1813./ [8º.

Collation

Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Dedication, "To Samuel Rogers, Esq.;" Text, pp. 1-41. The Imprint (T. Davison, Lombard-Street,/ Whitefriars, London./) is in the centre of p. [42].

Note.—The First Edition of the Giaour (June 5, 1813) numbers 685 lines.

II.

The Giaour,/ A Fragment of/ A Turkish Tale./ By Lord Byron./ "One fatal remembrance—one sorrow that throws/ "Its bleak shade alike o'er our joys and our woes— / "O'er which Life nothing brighter nor darker can fling,/ "For which joy hath no balm—and affliction no sting." / Moore./ A New Edition, with some Additions./ London:/ Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars,/ For John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1813./ [8º.

Collation

Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Dedication as above; Advt., "The tale," etc.; Text, pp. 1-47. The Imprint, as above (No. i.), is in the centre of p. [48].

Note.—The Second Edition of the Giaour, published at the end of June or the beginning of July, numbers 816 lines. Note the misprints in third line of the motto, "O'er which" for "To which," and "fling" for "bring." The first edition of the Song, A Selection of the Irish Melodies, 1807, i. 45, and other editions read "bring."