Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron 1809–92

Songs from “The Princess.” I. As thro’ the Land

Tennyson

AS thro’ the land at eve we went,

And pluck’d the ripen’d ears,

We fell out, my wife and I,

Oh, we fell out I know not why,

And kiss’d again with tears.

And blessings on the falling out

That all the more endears,

When we fall out with those we love

And kiss again with tears!

For when we came where lies the child

We lost in other years,

There above the little grave,

Oh, there above the little grave,

We kiss’d again with tears.