| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Eurydice |
| | | Francis William Bourdillon (b. 1852) |
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| HE came to call me back from death | |
| To the bright world above. | |
| I hear him yet with trembling breath | |
| Low calling, “O sweet love! | |
| Come back! The earth is just as fair; | 5 |
| The flowers, the open skies are there; | |
| Come back to life and love!” | |
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| Oh! all my heart went out to him, | |
| And the sweet air above. | |
| With happy tears my eyes were dim; | 10 |
| I called him, “O sweet love! | |
| I come, for thou art all to me. | |
| Go forth, and I will follow thee, | |
| Right back to life and love!” | |
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| I followed through the cavern black; | 15 |
| I saw the blue above. | |
| Some terror turned me to look back: | |
| I heard him wail, “O love! | |
| What hast thou done! What hast thou done!” | |
| And then I saw no more the sun, | 20 |
| And lost were life and love. | |
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