| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 779. The Lover’s Song |
| | | By Edward Rowland Sill |
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| LEND me thy fillet, Love! | |
| I would no longer see: | |
| Cover mine eyelids close awhile, | |
| And make me blind like thee. | |
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| Then might I pass her sunny face, | 5 |
| And know not it was fair; | |
| Then might I hear her voice, nor guess | |
| Her starry eyes were there. | |
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| Ah! Banished so from stars and sun— | |
| Why need it be my fate? | 10 |
| If only she might dream me good | |
| And wise, and be my mate! | |
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| Lend her thy fillet, Love! | |
| Let her no longer see: | |
| If there is hope for me at all, | 15 |
| She must be blind like thee. | |
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