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Additional authors

1. Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
2. Hazlitt, Margaret, 1770-1841
3. Hardy, Thomas, 1752-1832

Found in

1. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

1. 4 pages (double sheet); 33 cm (folio)

Summary

1. · Manuscript poem copied in the hand of "Miss Hazlet" [possibly Margaret Hazlitt (1770-1841)]. Nine ten-line stanzas; begins, "Oh! shame to thee, land of the Gaul, / Oh! shame to thy children and thee ...." Published in various 19th century sources under the title, "Ode," and ascribed to Lord Byron, it is not in fact by Byron (see J. McGann's edition of Byron's complete works, volume VII, page 111). Copy date unknown; the watermark is 1814. On page 4 of the folded double sheet is an authentication note in the hand of Thomas Hardy, the radical bootmaker and founder of the London Corresponding Society, which reads in full: "The above excellent lines on the Gallic Nation on their desertion of Napoleon Bonaparte, written by Lord Byron. Copied by Miss Hazlet and sent to Thomas Hardy."

Alternative title

1. Oh! shame to thee, land of the Gaul
2. Ode

Subject

1. Poems
2. Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821 > Poetry

Genre/Form

1. Poems.

Call number

1. Pforz MS

Note

1. Pforzheimer Manuscript (B'ANA 0768); filed under "Byronana."

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Title

1. Lines on the Gallic Nation, on their desertion of Napoleon : [manuscript copy], ca. 1814?

Access

1. Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to the Pforzheimer Collection

Added author

1. Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, dubious author.
2. Hazlitt, Margaret, 1770-1841, scribe.
3. Hardy, Thomas, 1752-1832, annotator.

Other title

1. Oh! shame to thee, land of the Gaul
2. Ode

Found in:

1. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research call number

1. Pforz MS