Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Selwyn Image b. c.1850A Prayer
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Ah! though a dream it be!
I ’ll ask no boon, above
A word, a smile, from thee:
At most, in some still hour, one kindly thought of me.
Into those radiant eyes!
I ’ll scheme not to beguile
The heart, that deeper lies
Beneath them, than you star in night’s pellucid skies.
In worship at thy shrine!
I ’ll swear thou shalt not know
One word from lips of mine,
An instant’s pain to send through that shy soul of thine.