| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Memories |
| | | Alexander Hay Japp (b. 1840) |
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| MY love he went to Burdon Fair, | |
| And of all the gifts that he saw there | |
| Was none could his great love declare; | |
| So he brought me marjoram smelling rare— | |
| Its sweetness filled all the air. | 5 |
| Oh, the days I dote on yet, | |
| Marjoram, pansies, mignonette! | |
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| My love he sail’d across the sea, | |
| And all to make a home for me. | |
| Oh, sweet his last kiss on the lea, | 10 |
| The pansies pluck’d beneath the tree, | |
| When he said, “My love, I ’ll send for thee!” | |
| Oh, the days I dote on yet, | |
| Marjoram, pansies, mignonette! | |
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| His mother sought for me anon; | 15 |
| So long my name she would not own. | |
| Ah, gladly would she now atone, | |
| For we together make our moan! | |
| She brought the mignonette I ’ve sown. | |
| Oh, the days I dote on yet, | 20 |
| Marjoram, pansies, mignonette! | |
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