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Manuscripts and fair copies of poems featured in 'Hebrew Melodies' by Lord Byron., 1810-1845.

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Identifier: MS.43345

Scope and Contents

For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. The manuscripts are in the hand of Byron unless otherwise stated.

‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by Jermone McGann, has been used in some of the following descriptions – where his titles differ from those on the physical manuscripts these have been given in square brackets.

List of manuscripts of poems included in 'Hebrew Melodies' and their locations, undated: folio 1;

Manuscript copy of untitled poem [entitled ‘The Harp the Monarch Minstrel Swept’ in McGann] (“The Harp the Monarch Minstrel Swept…”) in the hand of Charles Hanson, 1845: folio 2;

Manuscript draft of an untitled poem [entitled 'The Wild Gazelle'] (“The wild gazelle on Judah’s hills…”) with corrections and deletions, undated [1814]: folio 3;

Manuscript draft of untitled poem [entitled 'Oh! Snatched Away in Beauty's Bloom' in McGann] (“Oh! Snatched Away in Beauty's Bloom) with corrections and deletions, undated [1814]: folio 4;

Manuscript copy of 'Oh! Snatched Away in Beauty's Bloom' in the hand of Charles Hanson, 1845: folio 5.

Manuscript copy of 'Saul' (“Those who spell can raise the dead…”) in the hand of Lady Byron, undated [1815]: folios 6-7;

Manuscript copy 'Saul' in the hand of an unidentified clerk, undated: folio 8;

Two manuscript copies of 'Song of Saul Before his last Battle' (“Warriors and Chiefs! Should the shaft or the sword…”) in the hand of Lady Byron with corrections by Lord Byron on the first and an additional note on the second, undated [1815]: folios 9-10;

Manuscript copy of 'Song of Saul Before his last Battle' in the hand of an unidentified clerk, undated: folio 11;

Fair copy of 'All is Vanity Saith the Preacher' (“Fame, wisdom, love, and power were mine…”) in the hand of Lady Byron, undated [1815]: folios 12-13;

Fair copy of an untitled poem [entitled 'When Coldness Wraps this Suffering Clay' in McGann], (“When coldness wraps this suffering clay…”) in the hand of Lady Byron, undated [1815]: folios 14-15;

Fair copy of 'Vision of Belshazzar' (“The King was on his throne…”) in the hand of Lady Byron hand with corrections in the hand of Lord Byron, undated [1815]: folios 16-17r;

Fair copy of 'Sun of the Sleepless' (“Sun of the sleepless! Melancholy star!...”): folio 17v;

Fair copy of an untitled poem [entitled 'Were Thy Bosom As False As Thou Deem'st It To Be' in McGann] (“Were thy bosom as false as thou demm'st it to be…”) in the hand of Lady Byron, undated [1815]: folio 18;

Fair copy of 'Herod's Lament for Mariamne' (“Oh, Mariamne! Now for thee…”) in the hand of Lady Byron, undated [1815]: folios 19-20;

Fair copy of 'On the Day of Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus' (“From the last hill that looks on thy once holy dome…”) in the hand of Lady Byron with corrections by Lord Byron, undated [1815]: folio 21;

Fair copy of untitled poem [entitled 'By the Rivers of Babylon we sat down and Wept'] (“We sate down and wept by the waters…”) in the hand of Lady Byron with a note of Lord Byron to Douglas Kinnaird, undated [1815]: folio 22; Fair copy of a poem entitled ‘The Rout of Semnacherib’ [entitled 'The Destruction of Samnacherib' in McGann] (“The Assyrian came dowl like the wolf on the fold…”) in the hand of Lady Byron with corrections by Lord Byron, undated [1815]: folio 23;

Fair copy of 'From Job' (“A spirit pass’d before me: I beheld…”) in the hand of Lady Byron, undated [1815]: folio 24;

Fair copy of an untitled poem [entitled ‘To Belshazzar’ in McGann] (“Belshazzar! From the banquet turn…”) probably written for but not not included in ‘Hebrew Melodies’, in the hand of Lady Byron with corrections by Lord Byron, undated [1815], folio 25.

Dates

  • Creation: 1810-1845.

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Extent

27 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

ii + 25 folios.

Related Materials

Ms.43504 ff. 2-4: Letters of Isaac Nathan to Lord Byron, 1814.

Bibliography

Byron, George Gordon, 'Complete Poetical Works, Vol. III', edited by Jermome J McGann, (Oxford, 1981). National Library of Scotland shelfmark Lit. S.29.By.M

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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