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Mem.: This receipt is for the above sum,L101:15:8. { in part of five hundred guineas agreed to{ be paid by Mr. Murray for the Copyright{ of _Childe Harold's Pilgrimage_." The following poems are appended to the MS. of the First and SecondCantos of _Childe Harold_:-- 1. "Written at Mrs. Spencer Smith's request, in her memorandum-book-- "'As o'er the cold sepulchral stone.'" 2. "Stanzas written in passing the Ambracian Gulph, November 14, 1809." 3. "Written at Athens, January 16th, 1810-- "'The spell is broke, the charm is flown.'" 4. "Stanzas composed October 11, 1809, during the night in athunderstorm, when the guides had lost the road to Zitza, in the rangeof mountains formerly called Pindus, in Albania." On a blank leaf bound up with the MS. at the end of the volume, Byronwrote-- "Dear D^s.,--This is all that was contained in the MS., but theoutside cover has been torn off by the booby of a binder.Yours ever,B." The volume is bound in smooth green morocco, bordered by a single giltline. "MS." in gilt lettering is stamped on the side cover.
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