| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Selected Sonnets.
I. An Incident | | By Richard Wilton (1827–1903) |
| | | | NOTE.—The east window of Kirkby Wharfe Church is filled with stained glass by Capronnier of Brussels, the subject being the Crucifixion. |
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AT the Lord’s Table waiting, robed and stoled, | |
| Till all had knelt around, I saw a sign! | |
| In the full chalice sudden splendours shine, | |
| Azure and crimson, emerald and gold. | |
| I stooped to see the wonder, when, behold! | 5 |
| Within the cup a Countenance Divine | |
| Looked upwards at me through the trembling wine, | |
| Suffused with tenderest love and grief untold. | |
| The comfort of that Sacramental token | |
| From Memory’s page Time never can erase; | 10 |
| The glass of that rich window may be broken, | |
| But not the mirrored image of His grace, | |
| Through which my dying Lord to me has spoken, | |
| At His own Holy Table, face to face! | | | |
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