Talk:John Burgon

Sonnet or Poem?

I'm not totally sure whether Burgon's poem Petra was actually a sonnet. I'm a student in England who is fascinated by Petra, having been there a couple of times in the past. When I heard of his sonnet, I looked into Burgon and borrowed a poetry book of his from the British Library. Poems, 1840 to 1878 was released in 1885, which included his 1845 poem Petra, however the version in this book spanned 8-12 pages, the last stanza bieng the sonnet that is so well known. Danielizzat 15:09, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Parody

Would it be unencyclopaedic to insert a mention of the reference, in Peter Sellers' humorous sketch "Balham - Gateway to the South", to "a rose-red city, half as gold as green"? 87.81.230.195 (talk) 06:03, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Formatting of poetry excerpt

Why is the excerpt from "Petra" formatted so differently from the second edition at [1]? Is it like the first edition? I'd be surprised if the first edition didn't capitalize the initial letter of each line. —JerryFriedman (Talk) 05:37, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Missing Parts

Missing or very superficial:

• His works on a Gospel harmony

• Work as an illustrator

• A Plain Commentary on the Four Holy Gospels: Intended Chiefly for Devotional Reading

• The Book of Common Prayer with illustrations chiefly from the old masters

• His Connection to Thomas Gresham, his different biographies of Gresham
• Oxford Movement, friendship with John Henry Newman

• His trip to Egypt and Palestine, his severe illness, his illustrations of objects and sites
• His visit to Rome, he could sed Codex Vaticanus (Codex B) with his own eyes and his opinion about it

• Dean of Chichester

• Connection to fundamentalism and King-James-Only movement

I am the author of the German article about John Burgon. There is a lot more to say about this man. It is also reflected in his biography in two volumes by Goulburn. Many of his arguments are still in use today and still wrong. --Giftzwerg 88 (talk) 16:25, 10 May 2020 (UTC)