1817. Feb., finishes ‘Manfred’
March, translates from the Armenian, a correspondence between
St. Paul and the Corinthians
April
Makes a short visit to Rome, and writes there a new third act to
‘Manfred’
July, writes, at Venice, the fourth canto of ‘Childe Harold’
Oct., writes ‘Beppo’
1818. The Fornarina, Margaritta Cogni
July, writes ‘Ode on Venice’
Nov., finishes ‘Mazeppa’
1819. Jan., finishes second canto of ‘Don Juan’
April, beginning of his acquaintance with the Countess Guiccioli
June, writes ‘Stanzas to the Po’
Dec., completes the third and fourth cantos of ‘Don Juan’
Removes to Ravenna
1820. Jan., domesticated with Countess Guiccioli
Feb., translates first canto of the ‘Morgante Maggiore’
March, finishes ‘Prophecy of Dante’
Translates ‘Francesa of Rimini’
And writes ’Observations upon an Article in Blackwood’s
Magazine’
April—July, writes ‘Marino Faliero’
Oct.—Nov., writes fifth canto of ‘Don Juan’
1821. Feb., writes ’Letter on the Rev. W.L. Bowles’s Strictures on
the Life of Pope’
March, ‘Second Letter,’ &c.
May, finishes ‘Sardanapalus’
July, ‘The Two Foscari’
Sept., ‘Cain’
Oct., writes ‘Heaven and Earth, a Mystery’
and ‘Vision of Judgment’
Removes to Pisa
1822. Jan., finishes ‘Werner’
Sept, removes to Genoa
His coalition with Hunt in the ‘Liberal’
1823. April, turns his views towards Greece
Receives a communication from the London committee
May, offers to proceed to Greece, and to devote his resources
to the object in view
Preparations for his departure
July 14., sails for Greece
Reaches Argostoli
Excursion to Ithaca
Waits, at Cephalonia, the arrival of the Greek fleet
His conversations on religion with Dr. Kennedy at Mataxata
His letters to Madame Guiccioli
His address to the Greek government
And remonstrance to Prince Mavrocordati
Testimonies to the benevolence and soundness of his views
Instances of his humanity and generosity while at Cephalonia
1824. Jan. 5., arrives at Missolonghi
Writes ‘Lines on completing my thirty-sixth year’
Intended attack upon Lepanto
Is made commander-in-chief of the expedition
Rupture with the Suliotes
The expedition suspended
His last illness
His death
His funeral
Inscription on his monument
His will
His person
His sensitiveness on the subject of his lameness
His abstemiousness
His habitual melancholy
His tendency to make the worst of his own obliquities
His generosity and kind-heartedness
His politics
His religious opinions
His tendency to superstition
March, translates from the Armenian, a correspondence between
St. Paul and the Corinthians
April
Makes a short visit to Rome, and writes there a new third act to
‘Manfred’
July, writes, at Venice, the fourth canto of ‘Childe Harold’
Oct., writes ‘Beppo’
1818. The Fornarina, Margaritta Cogni
July, writes ‘Ode on Venice’
Nov., finishes ‘Mazeppa’
1819. Jan., finishes second canto of ‘Don Juan’
April, beginning of his acquaintance with the Countess Guiccioli
June, writes ‘Stanzas to the Po’
Dec., completes the third and fourth cantos of ‘Don Juan’
Removes to Ravenna
1820. Jan., domesticated with Countess Guiccioli
Feb., translates first canto of the ‘Morgante Maggiore’
March, finishes ‘Prophecy of Dante’
Translates ‘Francesa of Rimini’
And writes ’Observations upon an Article in Blackwood’s
Magazine’
April—July, writes ‘Marino Faliero’
Oct.—Nov., writes fifth canto of ‘Don Juan’
1821. Feb., writes ’Letter on the Rev. W.L. Bowles’s Strictures on
the Life of Pope’
March, ‘Second Letter,’ &c.
May, finishes ‘Sardanapalus’
July, ‘The Two Foscari’
Sept., ‘Cain’
Oct., writes ‘Heaven and Earth, a Mystery’
and ‘Vision of Judgment’
Removes to Pisa
1822. Jan., finishes ‘Werner’
Sept, removes to Genoa
His coalition with Hunt in the ‘Liberal’
1823. April, turns his views towards Greece
Receives a communication from the London committee
May, offers to proceed to Greece, and to devote his resources
to the object in view
Preparations for his departure
July 14., sails for Greece
Reaches Argostoli
Excursion to Ithaca
Waits, at Cephalonia, the arrival of the Greek fleet
His conversations on religion with Dr. Kennedy at Mataxata
His letters to Madame Guiccioli
His address to the Greek government
And remonstrance to Prince Mavrocordati
Testimonies to the benevolence and soundness of his views
Instances of his humanity and generosity while at Cephalonia
1824. Jan. 5., arrives at Missolonghi
Writes ‘Lines on completing my thirty-sixth year’
Intended attack upon Lepanto
Is made commander-in-chief of the expedition
Rupture with the Suliotes
The expedition suspended
His last illness
His death
His funeral
Inscription on his monument
His will
His person
His sensitiveness on the subject of his lameness
His abstemiousness
His habitual melancholy
His tendency to make the worst of his own obliquities
His generosity and kind-heartedness
His politics
His religious opinions
His tendency to superstition