Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Théophile Julius Henry Marzials b. 1850Carpe Diem
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That makes December seem sweet May?
There are no swallows anywhere,
Nor crocuses to crown your hair,
And hail you down my garden way.
Struck me, perhaps; or did you say
Really,—you ’d come, sweet friend and fair!
To-day?
With Spring’s delight or Spring’s despair,
Love cannot bide old Time’s delay:—
Down my glad gardens light winds play,
And my whole life shall bloom and bear
To-day?