Childe Harold's Pilgrimage A Romaunt. Campe's Ed

<p>Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts by Lord Byron. Published between 1812 and 1818 the poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry seeks distraction in foreign lands. In the course of his travels Harold reflects on the history and culture of the places he visits including Portugal Spain Albania and Greece. </p><p>The poem is written in Spenserian stanzas and is notable for its expression of melancholy and disillusionment as well as its vivid descriptions of landscapes and cultures. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage established Byron as a major literary figure and was widely popular in its time influencing subsequent generations of Romantic writers. This edition offers readers a chance to experience Byron's powerful verse and travel writing.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>