harlotte Harley), from an Engraving _Frontispiece_
by W. Finden, after a Drawing by R. Westall, R.A.

2. The Duchess of Richmond, from a Miniature by
Richard Cosway, in the Possession of His Grace the
Duke of Richmond and Gordon, K.G.
_To face p._ 228

3. Portrait of Lord Byron at Venice, from a Painting
in Oils by Ruckard, in the Possession of Horatio F.
Brown, Esq. 326

4. The Horses of St. Mark, from a Photograph by
Alinari 338

5. S. Pantaleon, from a Woodcut published at Cremona
in 1493 340

6. The Dying Gaul, from the Original in the Museum of
the Capitol 432

CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE

_A ROMAUNT_.

"L'univers est une espece de livre, dont on n'a lu que la
premiere page quand on n'a vu que son pays. J'en ai feuillete un
assez grand nombre, que j'ai trouve egalement mauvaises. Cet
examen ne m'a point ete infructueux. Je haissais ma patrie. Toutes
les impertinences des peuples divers, parmi lesquels j'ai vecu,
m'ont reconcilie avec elle. Quand je n'aurais tire d'autre
benefice de mes voyages que celui-la, je n'en regretterais ni les
frais ni les fatigues."--_Le Cosmopolite, ou, le Citoyen du
Monde_, par Fougeret de Monbron. Londres, 1753.

PREFACE [a]

[TO THE FIRST AND SECOND CANTOS.]

The following poem was written, for the most part, amidst the scenes
which it attempts[b] to describe. It was begun in Albania; and the parts
relative to Spain and Portugal were composed from the author's
observations in those countries. Thus much it may be necessary to state
for the correctness of the descriptions. The scenes attempted to be
sketched are in Spain, Portugal, Epirus, Acarnania and Greece. There,
for the present, the poem stops: its reception will determine whether
the author may venture to conduct his readers to the capital of the
East, through Ionia and Phrygia: these two cantos are merely
experimental.

A fictitious character is introduced for the sake of giving some
connection to the piece; which, however, makes no pretension to
regularity. It has been sugg