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Poems, Epigrams and Sonnets

By R. E. Egerton-Warburton

Egerton-Warburton, R. E. (1804-1891)

I. ON VISITING PETRARCH'S HOUSE.

III.

III. THE CHAPEL BELL.

IV.

IV. ON AN OLD BARN CONVERTED INTO A Village School.

V. ON CROSSING THE SIMPLON.

VI.

VI. NAPLES AT SUNSET.

VII.

VII. ON A DESECRATED CHAPEL NEAR Lausanne, now used as a Stable.

VIII.

VIII. ON THE CLOCK IN STRASBURG CATHEDRAL.

IX.

IX. ON A DRAWING OF THE CRUCIFIXION

X. ON VISITING THE CASTLE AND CHURCH of Gruyère in Switzerland.

XI.

XI. ON THE RIVER TEPL,

XII.

XII. ON THE MARIEN CAPELLE, Carlsbad.

XIII.

XIII. THE LILY.

XXIV.

XXIV. IL GELOSO.

XV.

XV. THE TWO ROSES.

XVI.

XVI. ADDRESSED TO A LADY

XVII.

XVII. HOME.

XVIII.

XVIII. THE CHRISTIAN MARTYR IN THE COLISEUM.

XIX.

XIX. THE PENITENT.

XX.

XX. ON A PICTURE OF A SPANISH LADY IN THE GALLERY AT MADRID.

XXI.

XXI. ON THE LOSS OF THE “AVENGER.” 1847.

XXII.

XXII.ON A LARK WHICH HAD ESCAPED FROM HIS CAGE.

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ON SEEING SOME NAMES CUT ON A PANE OF GLASS.

I

True wit, with sablest ink,
On crystal writes in vain;
The trickling letters sink,
And fade upon the pane.

II

But, ah! should Folly's finger
With a diamond ring be blest,
His name and nonsense linger,
Indelibly impress'd.

III

On Chloë's heart the same,
To sense and merit cold,
Whoe'er would grave his name
Must boast a pen of gold.