Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
A DuetT. Sturge Moore (18701944)
‘F
Flowers posied, flowers for the hair,
Sleepy flowers, flowers bold to stare——’
‘O pick me some!’
Tell-tale shells, and shells that whisper Come,
Shells that stammer, blush, and yet are dumb——’
‘O let me hear.’
Brown eyes, caverns flooded with a tear,
Cloudless eyes, blue eyes so windy clear——’
‘O look at me!’
Darkling kisses, kisses fair and free,
Bob-a-cherry kisses ’neath a tree——’
‘O give me one!’