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Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) A Political Ode, Autograph Letter signed by the author dated March 1, 1812: "Sir, I take the liberty of sending an alteration of the two last lines of Stanza 2d which I wish to run as follows: 'Gibbets on Sherwood will heighten the scenery / Shewing how commerce, how liberty thrives!' I wish you could insert it tomorrow for a particular reason, but I feel much obliged by your inserting it at all. - Of course do not put my name to the thing. - believe me...Byron" tipped-in to free endpaper, engraved frontispiece, half-title with ink inscription 'the only copy printed in 4to. J.P', each ff. window-mounted and numbered in pencil, faint glue stains, John A. Spoor and Alfred Heacock Whittaker bookplates, near-contemporary red crushed morocco, lettered in gilt, 4to, 1880. ⁂ The autograph letter attributes the poem, 'An Ode to the Framers of the Frame Bill', to Lord Byron; this was originally published anonymously in the Morning Chronicle, March 2nd, 1812. It is considered Lord Byron's most overtly political statement. The 1880 version of the poem offers a printed copy of the letter, which reveals Byron's authorship. This attribution would suggest that Lord Byron played a key role in the political attitudes of the period. 'A Political Ode' was published in an edition of 100 copies in octavo format. This is seemingly the only copy printed in quarto, this alongside the pencilled numbering and frontispiece, may suggest that this could be the publisher's copy.