Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
Nydias SongLord Edward Bulwer-Lytton (18031873)
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And the Rose loved one:
For who recks the Wind where it blows?
Or loves not the Sun?
Poor sport of the skies:
None dreamt that the Wind had a soul
In its mournful sighs.
That bright love of thine?
In thy light is the proof of thy love,
Thou hast but to shine.
Unwelcome its sigh:
Mute, mute to the Rose let it steal—
Its proof is—to die!