| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Thou Didst Delight My Eyes |
| | | Robert Seymour Bridges (1844–1930) |
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| THOU didst delight my eyes: | |
| Yet who am I? nor first | |
| Nor last nor best, that durst | |
| Once dream of thee for prize; | |
| Nor this the only time | 5 |
| Thou shalt set love to rhyme. | |
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| Thou didst delight my ear: | |
| Ah! little praise; thy voice | |
| Makes other hearts rejoice | |
| Makes all ears glad that hear; | 10 |
| And short my joy: but yet, | |
| O song, do not forget. | |
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| For what wert thou to me? | |
| How shall I say? The moon, | |
| That pour’d her midnight noon | 15 |
| Upon his wrecking sea;— | |
| A sail, that for a day | |
| Has cheer’d the castaway. | |
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