Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Alice Meynell 18471922Song
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Save in my love’s eternity.
Thy smiles, that light thee fitfully,
Are lost forever—their moment past—
Except the few thou givest to me.
As all breath of mortality;
Thy laughter, done, must cease to be,
And all thy dear tones pass away,
Except the few that sing to me.
All thou art loath should go from thee.
Be kinder to thyself and me.
My cupful from this river’s tide
Shall never reach the long sad sea.