| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 1772–1834 |
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| 555. Glycine's Song |
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| A SUNNY shaft did I behold, | |
| From sky to earth it slanted: | |
| And poised therein a bird so bold— | |
| Sweet bird, thou wert enchanted! | |
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| He sank, he rose, he twinkled, he troll'd | 5 |
| Within that shaft of sunny mist; | |
| His eyes of fire, his beak of gold, | |
| All else of amethyst! | |
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| And thus he sang: 'Adieu! adieu! | |
| Love's dreams prove seldom true. | 10 |
| The blossoms, they make no delay: | |
| The sparking dew-drops will not stay. | |
| Sweet month of May, | |
| We must away; | |
| Far, far away! | 15 |
| To-day! to-day!' | |
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