Gustavus VasaW.S. WALKER.Reading editionChapter navigation32 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterW.S. WALKER.TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE BARONESS HOWE.PREFACE.A LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE 1st MARCH, 1813.ARGUMENT.Gustavus Vasa,BOOK I.ARGUMENT.BOOK II.ARGUMENT.BOOK III.BOOK IV.SONG FOR THE FOURTH BOOK OF GUSTAVUS VASA:THE RIVER TICINUS:JUPITER THUNDERING IN DEFENCE OF ROME:FRAGMENT, IN IMITATION OF WALTER SCOTT.THE EXILE:TO THE COMET, 1811.FROM THE ELEVENTH BOOK OF STATIUS' THEBAID.FROM THE NINTH BOOK OF KLOPSTOCK'S MESSIAH.BEGINNING OF THE THIRTEENTH ILIAD,I.II.III.IV.NOTES ON GUSTAVUS VASA.BOOK THE FIRST.BOOK THE SECOND.BOOK THE THIRD.PLAN FOR THE SEVEN NEXT BOOKS OF GUSTAVUS VASA.NOTES ON THE OTHER POEMS.Previous chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE BARONESS HOWE.All chapters and sections (32)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsW.S. WALKER.TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE BARONESS HOWE.PREFACE.A LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE 1st MARCH, 1813.ARGUMENT.Gustavus Vasa,Books1Book 2 · Other sectionsARGUMENT.Book 2 · Books2Book 3 · Other sectionsARGUMENT.Book 3 · Books3Book 4 · Books4Book 4 · Other sectionsSONG FOR THE FOURTH BOOK OF GUSTAVUS VASA:THE RIVER TICINUS:JUPITER THUNDERING IN DEFENCE OF ROME:FRAGMENT, IN IMITATION OF WALTER SCOTT.THE EXILE:TO THE COMET, 1811.FROM THE ELEVENTH BOOK OF STATIUS' THEBAID.FROM THE NINTH BOOK OF KLOPSTOCK'S MESSIAH.BEGINNING OF THE THIRTEENTH ILIAD,Book 4 · Chapters1234Book 4 · Other sectionsNOTES ON GUSTAVUS VASA.BOOK THE FIRST.BOOK THE SECOND.BOOK THE THIRD.PLAN FOR THE SEVEN NEXT BOOKS OF GUSTAVUS VASA.NOTES ON THE OTHER POEMS.—Tentanda via est, qua me quoque possim◇Tollere humo.◇London:PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER ROW.1813.J.G. BARNARD, SKINNER-STREET, LONDON.← Front matterTO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE BARONESS HOWE. →