Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Bret Harte. 18391902813. What the Bullet sang
O JOY of creation, | |
To be! | |
O rapture, to fly | |
And be free! | |
Be the battle lost or won, | 5 |
Though its smoke shall hide the sun, | |
I shall find my love—the one | |
Born for me! | |
I shall know him where he stands | |
All alone, | 10 |
With the power in his hands | |
Not o’erthrown; | |
I shall know him by his face, | |
By his godlike front and grace; | |
I shall hold him for a space | 15 |
All my own! | |
It is he—O my love! | |
So bold! | |
It is I—all thy love | |
Foretold! | 20 |
It is I—O love, what bliss! | |
Dost thou answer to my kiss? | |
O sweetheart! what is this | |
Lieth there so cold? |