| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Harvest-Home Song |
| | | John Davidson (1857–1909) |
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| THE FROST will bite us soon; | |
| His tooth is on the leaves: | |
| Beneath the golden moon | |
| We bear the golden sheaves: | |
| We care not for the winter’s spite, | 5 |
| We keep our Harvest-home to-night. | |
| Hurrah for the English yeoman! | |
| Fill full, fill the cup! | |
| Hurrah! he yields to no man! | |
| Drink deep; drink it up! | 10 |
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| The pleasure of a king | |
| Is tasteless to the mirth | |
| Of peasants when they bring | |
| The harvest of the earth. | |
| With pipe and tabor hither roam | 15 |
| All ye who love our Harvest-home. | |
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| The thresher with his flail, | |
| The shepherd with his crook, | |
| The milkmaid with his pail, | |
| The reaper with his hook— | 20 |
| To-night the dullest blooded clods | |
| Are kings and queens, are demigods. | |
| Hurrah for the English yeoman! | |
| Fill full; fill the cup! | |
| Hurrah! he yields to no man! | 25 |
| Drink deep; drink it up! | |
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