Byron’s two narrative poems. The Siege of Corinth is a rhymed tragic poem inspired by the Ottoman massacre of the Venetian garrison holding the Acrocorinth in 1715. Parisina narrates the sordid tale of the wife of one of the Dukes of Ferrara who had incestuous relationship with his bastard son so the duke has both executed. With two page advertisement, 3 pgs notes following Corinth, one page notes following Parisina.