| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | Cleone to Aspasia | | By Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) |
| | | WE 1 mind not how the sun in the mid-sky | |
| Is hastening on; but when the golden orb | |
| Strikes the extreme of earth, and when the gulfs | |
| Of air and ocean open to receive him, | |
| Dampness and gloom invade us; then we think | 5 |
| Ah! thus it is with Youth. Too fast his feet | |
| Run on for sight; hour follows hour; fair maid | |
| Succeeds fair maid; bright eyes bestar his couch; | |
| The cheerful horn awakens him; the feast, | |
| The revel, the entangling dance, allure, | 10 |
| And voices mellower than the Muse’s own | |
| Heave up his buoyant bosom on their wave. | |
| A little while, and then—Ah Youth! Youth! Youth! | |
| Listen not to my words—but stay with me! | |
| When thou art gone, Life may go too; the sigh | 15 |
| That rises is for thee, and not for Life. | |
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