By those foreign accents dear,
Whose wild cadence on mine ear
Still in slumber lingers;

By thine eyes of sapphire splendor,
By the thrilling pressure tender
Of thy trembling fingers;

By thy pouting, by thy smiles,
And by all the varied wiles
Which so sweetly won me, -
Laughter, blushes, sighs, caresses,
By thy lips, and by thy tresses,
Sometimes think upon me.
Think upon the parting day,
And the tears I kissed away
From thy glowing cheek;
Think of many a dearer token,
Think of all that I have spoken,
All I may not speak.

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INSCRIPTION ON THE STATUE OF LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK

AT CALCUTTA

1835

то

WILLIAM CAVENDISH BENTINCK,

WHO, DURING SEVEN YEARS, RULED INDIA WITH EMINENT PRUDENCE, INTEGRITY, AND BENEVOLENCE:

WHO, PLACED AT THE HEAD OF A GREAT EMPIRE, NEVER LAID ASIDE THE SIMPLICITY AND MODERATION

OF A PRIVATE CITIZEN:

WHO INFUSED INTO ORIENTAL DESPOTISM THE SPIRIT OF BRITISH FREEDOM:

WHO NEVER FORGOT THAT THE END OF GOVERNMENT IS THE HAPPINESS OF THE GOVERNED:

WHO ABOLISHED CRUEL RITES:

WHO EFFACED HUMILIATING DISTINCTIONS:

WHO GAVE LIBERTY TO THE EXPRESSION OF PUBLIC OPINION:

WHOSE CONSTANT STUDY IT WAS, TO ELEVATE THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL CHARACTER OF THE

NATIONS COMMITTED TO HIS CHARGE:

THIS MONUMENT

WAS ERECTED BY MEN,

WHO, DIFFERING IN RACE, IN MANNERS, IN LANGUAGE, AND IN RELIGION,

CHERISH, WITH EQUAL VENERATION AND GRATITUDE, THE MEMORY OF HIS WISE, UPRIGHT,

AND PATERNAL ADMINISTRATION.

EPITAPH ON SIR BENJAMIN HEATH MAEKIN

AT CALCUTTA

1837

THIS MONUMENT

IS SACRED TO THE MEMORY

OF

SIR BENJAMIN HEATH MAEKIN, KNIGHT,

ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF
JUDICATURE:

A MAN EMINENTLY DISTINGUISHED

BY HIS LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC ATTAINMENTS, BY HIS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND ABILITY, BY THE CLEARNESS AND ACCURACY OF HIS INTELLECT, BY DILIGENCE, BY PATIENCE, BY LOVE OF TRUTH; BY PUBLIC SPIRIT, ARDENT AND DISINTERESTED, YET ALWAYS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF DISCRETION; BY RIGID UPRIGHTNESS, BY UNOSTENTATIOUS PIETY, BY THE SERENITY OF HIS TEMPER,

AND BY THE BENEVOLENCE OF HIS HEART.

HE WAS BORN ON THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1797.
DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER, 1837.

HE

EPITAPH ON LORD METCALFE

1847

THE

NEAR THIS STONE IS LAID
CHARLES LORD METCALFE,

A STATESMAN TRIED IN MANY HIGH OFFICES
AND DIFFICULT CONJUNCTIONS,

AND FOUND EQUAL TO ALL.

THREE GREATEST DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN WERE SUCCESSFULLY ENTRUSTED TO HIS CARE. IN INDIA, HIS FORTITUDE, HIS WISDOM,

HIS PROBITY, AND HIS MODERATION,
ARE HELD IN HONORABLE REMEMBRANCE

BY MEN OF MANY RACES, LANGUAGES, AND RELIGIONS.
IN JAMAICA, STILL CONVULSED BY A SOCIAL REVOLUTION,
HIS PRUDENCE CALMED THE EVIL PASSIONS

WHICH LONG SUFFERING HAD ENGENDERED IN ONE CLASS AND LONG DOMINATION IN ANOTHER.

IN CANADA, NOT YET RECOVERED FROM THE CALAMITIES OF CIVIL WAR,

HE RECONCILED CONTENDING FACTIONS

TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE MOTHER COUNTRY. COSTLY MONUMENTS IN ASIATIC AND AMERICAN CITIES ATTEST THE GRATITUDE OF THE NATIONS WHICH HE RULED. THIS TABLET RECORDS THE SORROW AND THE PRIDE WITH WHICH HIS MEMORY IS CHERISHED BY HIS FAMILY.

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VALENTINE

TO THE HON. MARY C. STANHOPE, DAUGHTER OF LORD AND
LADY MAHON

1851

HAIL, day of Music, day of Love,
On earth below, in air above.
In air the turtle fondly moans,
The linnet pipes in joyous tones;
On earth the postman toils along,
Bent double by huge bales of song,
Where, rich with many a gorgeous dye,
Blazes all Cupid's heraldry -

Myrtles and roses, doves and sparrows,
Love-knots and altars, lamps and arrows.
What nymph without wild hopes and fears,
The double rap this morning hears?
Unnumbered lasses, young and fair,

From Bethnal Green to Belgrave Square,

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With cheeks high flushed, and hearts loud beating, 15
Await the tender annual greeting.

The loveliest lass of all is mine.

Good morrow to my Valentine!

Good morrow, gentle Child! and then
Again good morrow, and again,

Good morrow following still good morrow,
Without one cloud of strife or sorrow.
And when the God to whom we pay

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