Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel 183494The Toy Cross
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Made me a toy cross;
Two sticks he did, in boyish pride,
With brazen nail emboss.
His dying bed’s true cross,
She and I were crucified,
Bemoaning our lifeloss!
Upon the holy tree,
Were clasp’d about him when he died—
Clasp’d for eternity!