Sigismonda, published June 4, 1795. The weeping princess presses to her breast the heart of her lover Guiscardo, which his murderers have sent to her in a goblet. 'Let the picture rust, Perhaps Time's price enhancing dust, As statues moulder into earth, When I'm no more, may mark its worth; And future connoisseurs may rise, Honest as ours, and full as wise, To puff the piece, and painter too, And make me then what Guido's now'.

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