Works by Danny “Don Juan” Henrey

Poetry

• Amore Marezzato (July 87); Danny’s first ever “serious” poem. Enough said.
• The Brides of Lesbos (June 87); A nautical tale involving the meeting of a crew of Byronic men with Byronic women.
• The Budgie (July 91); Danny’s conscience, in budgie form, comes to trouble him while he is sitting in contemplation on the throne.
• The Byronist (September 03); The terrible majesty of the Byronist is revealed.
• Carib Thoughts From Northern Shores (November 92); An account of Lord Henrey’s visit to Martinique.
• Chippingcampdias (January 90); Danny, obviously not “getting it” at the time, vents his frustration in verse.
• The Destruction of BLV 666 (June 85); A tragic tale about the supposed immersion of Richard Schulze’s vintage Aston Martin in cow dung.
• The Destruction of (da) Westminstercrib (April 19); Anti-Brexit ravings.
• The Dining Hall Majordomo’s Rodomontade (May 96); A transcription of some sayings of the Head Waiter at Trinity.
• The Goer (March 89; completed July 96); A biographical piece about Mad Jack Schulze.
• Haikus (September 03). Observations in a Japanese syllabic form.
• Kettell Khan (April 19); Recollections of student life.
• Kirnymandias (January 90); A little ditty about the renowned author and ex-Rhodes Scholar, Walter Kirn.
• Kubla Dan (August 87); An epic about Danny's trip to the U.S. in the summer of ’87.
• Ode on the Occasion of Lord Steven’s Thirtieth Anniversaire (March 93); A brief, and not unflattering account of Steve Hoey’s life so far.
• Ode to the Byronic Life (March 89); An expression of the Byronic spirit, using B.S. members as examples.
• Ode to the Dark Side (March 89); A variant on the above with a darker tone.
• The Newstead Games (January 91); An account of games at Newstead Abbey, hosted by Lord Byron.
• The Night Visitor (January 92); Lord Byron visits to express his approval of the few Byronists who bothered to turn up to the weekend in Castle Combe.
• Raymondus Oxoniensis (June 93); A largely apocryphal account of Raymond Paretzky’s Oxford career.
• A Reply to the Doge’s Birthday Ballade (March 99); Danny day dreams about being Byronic.
• The Rime of the Ancient College Scout (April 12); A college servant recollects.
• The Rime of the Ancient Sheep Molester (June 88); A somewhat exaggerated account of a sailing weekend in July 1987.
• The Rime of the Moderne Musick Master (October 95); A somewhat souped-up description of Steve Hoey’s visit to play at a wedding in Scotland while studying composition at California Institute of Arts.
• Shamen’s Daie 2000 (March 00); Yet another birthday ballad for Steve.
• The Temptation of Faustus (March 88); A fantasy in which Faustus is shown the lifestyles of various Byronists as part of his temptation.
• The Vision of Enjoyment (March 87); A supposed vision involving other B.S. members doing various disreputable things.
• To Burgundy (June 96); A hymn to Bacchus.
• To Evening (June 89); A charming (if somewhat abusive) idyll, based on Matthew Arnold.
• To His Blank Laptop (September 2003); Reflections when confronted with the blank screen of a PC
• Treacle (July 87); Doggerel attributed to Shelley.

Prose

• Introduction, Proceedings of the Byron Society, Vol. 1 (April 87)
• Introduction, Proceedings of the Byron Society, Vol. 2 (first attempt) (August 95)
• Introduction, Proceedings of the Byron Society, Vol. 2 (final version) (July 96)
• Lord Oakley’s secret (August 92); A fictional (unfortunately) account of a day in the Doge’s life.
• Presidential peroration (March 87) at the second Byron Society dinner.
• Rockhead revisited (March 92); An excerpt which all should acknowledge, is definitely not ripped off from ‘Brideshead Revisited’.
• Steve’s Obituary (August 94).