Epigrams. I. To a Seabird by William Watson. Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. 1895. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.

Epigrams. I. To a Seabird

William Watson (1858–1935)


FAIN would I have thee barter fates with me,—
Lone loiterer where the shells like jewels be,
Hung on the fringe and frayed hem of the sea.
But no,—’t were cruel, wild-wing’d Bliss! to thee.