The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-09-29
rHE iNEDiTfp WORKS or LORD

TINE iNEOiTfD WORKS OF LORD
Il BYRON, NOW first pnhl,s,Aa from his let
tiers, Journa Is. and other Manuscripls. in the
possession fhis son, Major George Gordon
Bv,on.-What Lord Byron sid of Popo may
with more justice be said Of hinsclf-"He is the
Poet OF all times, "faIl climes. Of ull n. lings,
and vf all stages ufexi.tence. A thousand
yas will roll away ImEnle such another can I've
hopad for in our Litrrsture-he himselfis
Literature" Throwing aside the tramnlels of
conventional life, in his h,,red and dirgust at
the cant and hypocrisy which sought ,o annihi
late h m on account Of his youihf,i irrrgulari-
ties and indiscr-ions, and relying solely on the
vast power ofl,is own mighty genius, he con
temncd and d'fied hath tho worlds crnsnrc aud
praise. Bat for the faults of his ea'ly edn
cation the mis'ortunes Of his youth and tho dis
appointments which awaited him rs he cmcr.
grd INTO maahood hut for the naturh mooGI-
Of his spirit; and ~, possession nf Elections
that lunged tt.r something around whi"h to en-.
twine--but for the want ola mothers love, and
ths lss Of a wii,s affert inus-hut Tor Il comb.
nation of rvils. which wouIi nave prnairat. an
a,heT--hrt for all tn"se tn" gcnns Of Byron
might l,av. sumhcrnd. aud been lost to us and
10 pos'crrlv.
II hight 'lat lends as,rav is the light that
shines fioia H'avrn' and this ylori us light
which sheds lis cilr!xenf" every u ,gr ofhs
writings. WI he sought tor IN vain in the rl1'u-
sinns Of his MOS, eii-d contemporaries IL is
this |yhrnng Il a. Of uenius. IN ,"n,rollrl aud
trconi'"ilah'', HAT viii cause pusrrrrtv 10
speak 81 tie riur'reuih cen'Grv AS the aye OF By
ron With Shakespeare, Milton DRYDEN. and
Pope, thr uarnr Of Bvrun vii in future ages
Mark hr,llaut period in the Development, Of
English Pucsy. aud tine generations vet t. come
will treasure the sna lest relic of tie master.
mind. The raIur b,e unpublished materials
nsb "a ,Ip lana ,l,,l tn int
tracking the footsteps Of Lord Byron through ali
his p'gritnagrs. CONSISTS of ont one thousand
Letters; the ltnvent Journal OF the war IS %
enriched with ""p'ou~ notes Wy the lite Sir Wal
ter Scott; numerous unpublished poems inclu-
sliuy the suppressed portions Of his printed work.
AMI II mass 81 anecdotes and "reminiscences Of
f>oru Byron, hy the Countess Guiccoh, Mrs
Spencer Sir Humphrey Davy, Mrssrs Horace
Smith, John Taylor, TIeawney, Gordon, Cap
tain Bo,icrs, and others. To these lie is kind
iy permitted 10 add numerous lri'ers addressed
TO lord BY Gu by his most familiar friends. A
quarter Ola century has passed away sinner the
death of Lord Byron, aui twenty years have
elapsed suce Mr. Moores admirable Notices Of
the Poet appeared. During that period death
has been busy with those, out of regard to
whom Mr.. Moore " induced to omit passages
IN the published correspondence. as given In III"
seventeen volume edition Of Lord Byr"n'-
the editor ceiling assured that the pabi,c will
hold him in what he i,,ohs upon ~ sacred du-
v, the rescuing the memory Of Lord Byron
from the many unjlst asprr>l"ns cast upon his
csracter either from, Interested n",iycs, or for
the mrr. gratihrr,nn ENVY, haired, and nal
ice In publishing tha~. the utmost dclicacy
eansi<r with tralh and can'nr viii hn o',scrv
- hnt ifany one should feel arprcvrd. the -dI
tor hisclaims al once any rntrntion Of giving
in, fIia and III ,i,,I
what 1'yers says sn his Rhapsody on Porn.
"Al such writings and dscnrir,"s AZ touch
no man " i'll mend no man" The puhlcaton
If those works Of the Poet in Englrnd having
been prevented by ar junction OF lie LORD
Chancellor obtained thrn.In II con>nt'ial O.
influence of which 1t ~ unnecessary 10 sp,ak.
the editor has determined to give them 10 the
public Of the United States. ant Thus place the
work. in possessoG of the IN ileriis for dong
.ample,r justice 10 the greatest Of modern Pu-
ss. The following Distinguished persons nave
siynlfed their intention Of patronrsny the
york Her Grace the Duchess Of ilamillon;
the Count ~ III Lincoln; the Countess Of Charlie
vile; the Right Eiou. the Vi+rount Morp"t,
NJ, p. the Right Hon. Lord Ashburion: the
Righ, Hon. tie Eiscoun, Falkland: tn. Lord
Albert tonyr2hstR; tn. Right Hon. S,r Robert
Ahsrr;G. {. b., Joseph Ss.d faq, N. r F. s
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ksn Ahau, the age OF eighteen, the second cop
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van "a inter. and the third a sketch from the
celebrated statue hy Thur"aldsen at Campridg-.
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