Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Austin Dobson 18401921A Rondeau to Ethel
Dobson-A“I
Would suit your beauty, I confess;
B
I picture you with powdered hair,—
You ’d make a charming Shepherdess!
And I—no doubt—could well express
S
Could poise a clouded cane with care
“In teacup-times”!
We should achieve a huge success!
You should disdain, and I despair,
With quite the true Augustan air;
But … could I love you more, or less,—
“In teacup-times”?