The Test by Walter Savage Landor. Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. 1895. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895

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

The Test

Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)


I HELD her hand, the pledge of bliss,
Her hand that trembled and withdrew;
She bent her head before my kiss…
My heart was sure that hers was true.
Now I have told her I must part,	5
She shakes my hand, she bids adieu,
Nor shuns the kiss. Alas, my heart!
Hers never was the heart for you.