Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
AnterôsWilliam Johnson Cory (18231892)
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By the willowy river-side,
Where Narcissus gently sank,
Where unmarried Echo died,
Unto thy serene repose
Waft the stricken Anterôs.
Imaged in a watery glass,
Where the sprays of fresh pink thorn
Stoop to catch the boats that pass,
Where the earliest orchis grows,
Bury thou fair Anterôs.
Ripple shadows off the wave,
And reflected on the shore
Haply play about the grave.
Folds of summer-light enclose
All that once was Anterôs.
Not upon his answering eyes:
Flower and bird we scarce can praise,
Having lost his sweet replies;
Cold and mute the river flows
With our tears for Anterôs.