Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
William Howitt 17921879The Departure of the Swallow
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Who beheld it?
Which way sail’d it?
Farewell bade it none?
But who doth hear
Its summer cheer
As it flitteth to and fro?
From its surrounding clay
It steals away
Like the swallow from the skies.
’T is all unknown:
We feel alone
That a void is left below.