Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Robert Louis Stevenson 185094In the Season
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About the country high and low,
Among the lilacs hand in hand,
And two by two in fairy land.
Wholly fain and half afraid,
Now meet along the hazelled brook
To pass and linger, pause and look.
Their rough-and-tumble play they shared;
They kissed and quarrelled, laughed and cried,
A year ago at Eastertide.
She strove against him in the race;
He unabashed her garter saw,
That now would touch her skirts with awe.
And his demurer eyes he drops;
Now they exchange averted sighs
Or stand and marry silent eyes.
And sweeter she than primroses;
Their common silence dearer far
Than nightingale and mavis are.
Joy trembles in their bosom-strands,
And lovely laughter leaps and falls
Upon their lips in madrigals.