Victorian
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of Lytton (Owen Meredith)
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, first Earl of Lytton (1831–1891), was a British statesman and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Owen Meredith. He served as Viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880.
The poems here are taken from Arthur Quiller-Couch's anthology The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (Clarendon Press, 1912).
Major Works (1)
- Lucile — Narrative poem, 1860
Poems (9)
- The Chess-Board
- Tempora Acta
- The Last Wish
- Indian Love-Song
- Aux Italiens
- The Legend of the Dead Lambs
- The Portrait
- Spring and Winter
- Since We Parted
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