Narrative poem · 1812–1818

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

by Lord Byron

Byron's Spenserian travelogue in four cantos follows a world-weary young pilgrim through Portugal, Spain, Greece, Belgium, the Rhine and Italy, turning from personal gloom to meditations on liberty, ruin and the sublime.

Contents · 5 parts

• To Ianthe45 lines
• Canto Iabout 950 lines
• Canto IIabout 930 lines
• Canto IIIabout 1100 lines
• Canto IVabout 1670 lines

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