| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| | | Alexander Hay Japp (b. 1840) |
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| LIKE crown’d athlete that in a race has run, | |
| And points his finger at those left behind, | |
| And follows on his way as now inclin’d, | |
| With song and laughter in the glowing sun; | |
| And joys at that which he hath joyous done, | 5 |
| And, like a child, will wanton with the wind, | |
| And pluck the flowers his radiant brows to bind— | |
| Re-crown himself as conscious he hath won; | |
| And still regardless of his fellow-men | |
| He follows on his road intent and fain | 10 |
| To please himself, and caring not to gain | |
| The world’s applause which he might seek in vain: | |
| A soldier, yet would, careless, sport and play | |
| And leave the reckoning for a distant day. | |
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