Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
New Love, New LifeAmy Levy (18611889)
Stone-stiff with folded wings,
Within my heart again
The brown bird wakes and sings.
Is heard by day, by night,
She sings of joy and pain,
Of sorrow and delight.
’Tis true,—in other days
Have I unbarr’d the door;
He knows the walks and ways—
Love has been here before.
Was here in days long past;
This time is not the first,
But this time is the last.