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A celebrated English poet; born in London, Jan. 22, 1788; died at Missolonghi, Greece, April 19 1824. His poems appear in an immense number of editions, but a complete bibliography is impossible here, and any attempt at characterization or criticism is wholly superfluous. The collected "Life and Works", published by Murray (1832-35), includes all the recognized poems. The dates of issue of a few of the most celebrated single works are as follows: "Hours of Idleness" (1807); "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers" (1809); "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (1812-22); "The Giaour" (1813); "The Bride of Abydos" (1813); "The Corsair" (1814); "Lara" (1814); "Hebrew Melodies" (1815); "The Prisoner of Chillon" (1816); "Manfred" (1817); "The Lament of Tasso" (1817); "Don Juan" (1819-24); "Marino Faliero" (1820); "The Two Foscari" (1821); and "Cain" (1821).