| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Carpe Diem |
| | | Théophile Julius Henry Marzials (b. 1850) |
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| TO-DAY, what is there in the air | |
| That makes December seem sweet May? | |
| There are no swallows anywhere, | |
| Nor crocuses to crown your hair, | |
| And hail you down my garden way. | 5 |
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| Last night the full moon’s frozen stare | |
| Struck me, perhaps; or did you say | |
| Really,—you ’d come, sweet friend and fair! | |
| To-day? | |
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| To-day is here:—come! crown to-day | 10 |
| With Spring’s delight or Spring’s despair, | |
| Love cannot bide old Time’s delay:— | |
| Down my glad gardens light winds play, | |
| And my whole life shall bloom and bear | |
| To-day? | 15 |
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