Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
IV. Wooing and WinningThe Exchange
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (17721834)W
I in my arms the maiden clasping;
I could not tell the reason why,
But, O, I trembled like an aspen!
I went, and shook like any reed!
I strove to act the man,—in vain!
We had exchanged our hearts indeed.