Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
William James Linton 181297Too Late
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If we in earlier hours had met;
But ere tow’rd me thy beauty mov’d
The sun of Love’s brief day had set.
And its rich promise gladly see,
’T will not procrastinate my doom:
The ripen’d fruit is not for me.
And young as Hope beheld thy charms,
The love that only now endears
Perchance had given thee to my arms.
Will kiss the buds of younger flowers,
But ne’er will evening turn away
From love untimelier than ours.