Dallas read them with astonishment and delight, showed them to Murray the publisher, and on 20 February 1812, the first two cantos of Childe Harold were published. They took the town by storm.

• 达拉斯以惊喜的心情读完了这些诗篇，并把这些诗篇推荐给了出版商默里。1812年2月20日《恰尔德·哈罗德》第一、二章出版了，全城为之轰动。