I E T I C A L N O R K S L O R D B Y R O N . VOL. I I I . B O S T O N T T BROWN AND C OM PANY . LI LE, , 1 8 6 6 . nte ed acco d n to Act of Con ess in the ea 1854 E r r i g gr , y r , by L L B ROW AND CO M P Y ITT E , N , AN , in the Clerk ’s Office of the District Court of the District of Ma ssa chusetts . U N I V E R S I T Y PR E S S W E L H B I E L O W A N D O M P A N Y C , G , C , A M R E C B I D G . CONT E NT S OF V O L UM E I I I . A S ORY BEPPO . VENETIAN T THE PROPHECY OF DANTE M FRANCESCA OF RIM I NI. FRO DANTE H R T R T E MO GAN E MAGGIORE OF PULCI . CANTO FI ST THE BLUES : A LITERARY ECLOGUE TH E VISION OF JUD GM ENT TH E AG E OF BRO Z OR C RM SE CULARE AN N E , A EN ET a HAUD MI RABILI s B E PPO . A V E NE T I A N S T OR Y . V OL . I I I . 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Byro p erceived this ; an d ’ a o n mme a e ma e on e a a e o and v idi g his i di t st r s f t l rr r, a t lea st e qu alli n g him in the excell en ce s which he a e n a e a t on e the s m a of did displ y, g g d c y p thy rea d r o f e e a s a n d e a m e an a h e s v ry cl s , b c subst ti lly t e f n s f n s foun der o a e w p eci es o E gli h p oetry .