PAGE
BROWN WILLIAM. [_Let no one in greatness too confident 5
be_]
Previously printed in _Once a Week_, _January_ 4_th_,
1862, pp. 37-38.
THE POWER OF THE HARP. [_Sir Peter would forth from the 12
castle ride_]
A reduced facsimile of one of the pages of the Manuscript
of _The Power of The Harp_ will be found facing herewith.
THE UNFORTUNATE MARRIAGE. [_Hildebrand gave his sister 18
away_]
THE WRESTLING-MATCH. [_As one day I wandered lonely_, 25
_in extreme distress of mind_]
THE WARRIOR. FROM THE ARABIC. [_Thou lov'st to look on 31
myrtles green_]
_Note_.--Each poem to which no reference is attached, appeared for the
first time in this volume.
There is a copy of _Brown William_, _The Power of the Harp_, _and Other
Ballads_ in the Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 44.
d. 38.
[Picture: Manuscript of The Power of the Harp]
(50) [THE SONG OF DEIRDRA: 1913]
The Song of Deirdra / King Byrge and his Brothers / and / Other Ballads /
By / George Borrow / London: / Printed for Private Circulation / 1913.
Collation:--Square demy octavo, pp. 28; consisting of: Half-title (with
blank reverse) pp. 1-2; Title-page, as above (with a note regarding the
American copyright upon the centre of the reverse) pp. 3-4; and Text of
the _Ballads_ pp. 5-28. There are head-lines throughout, each page being
headed with the title of the particular Ballad occupying it. At the foot
of p. 28 is the following imprint: "_London_: / _Printed for Thomas J.
Wise_, _Hampstead_, _N.W._ / _Edition limited to Thirty Copies_." The
signatures are A (a quarter-sheet of two leaves), B (a half-sheet of four
leaves), and C (a full sheet of eight leaves), all inset within each
other.
Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the
title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8.5 x 6.75
inches.
Thirty Copies only were printed.
_Contents_.
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THE SONG OF DEIRDRA. [_Farewell_, _grey Albyn_, _much 5
loved land_]
THE DIVER. [_Where is the man who will dive for his 8
king_]
Previously printed in _The New Monthly Magazine_, vol.
vii., 1823, pp. 540-542.
KING BYRGE AND HIS BR
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