| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| | | Alice Meynell (1847–1922) |
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| MY Fair, no beauty of thine will last, | |
| Save in my love’s eternity. | |
| Thy smiles, that light thee fitfully, | |
| Are lost forever—their moment past— | |
| Except the few thou givest to me. | 5 |
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| Thy sweet words vanish day by day, | |
| As all breath of mortality; | |
| Thy laughter, done, must cease to be, | |
| And all thy dear tones pass away, | |
| Except the few that sing to me. | 10 |
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| Hide then within my heart, oh, hide | |
| All thou art loath should go from thee. | |
| Be kinder to thyself and me. | |
| My cupful from this river’s tide | |
| Shall never reach the long sad sea. | 15 |
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