Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Alexander Hay Japp b. 1840Memories
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And of all the gifts that he saw there
Was none could his great love declare;
So he brought me marjoram smelling rare—
Its sweetness filled all the air.
Oh, the days I dote on yet,
Marjoram, pansies, mignonette!
And all to make a home for me.
Oh, sweet his last kiss on the lea,
The pansies pluck’d beneath the tree,
When he said, “My love, I ’ll send for thee!”
Oh, the days I dote on yet,
Marjoram, pansies, mignonette!
So long my name she would not own.
Ah, gladly would she now atone,
For we together make our moan!
She brought the mignonette I ’ve sown.
Oh, the days I dote on yet,
Marjoram, pansies, mignonette!