| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | Inclusions | | By Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) |
| | | O, WILT thou have my hand, Dear, to lie along in thine? | |
| As a little stone in a running stream, it seems to lie and pine. | |
| Now drop the poor pale hand, Dear,… unfit to plight with thine. | |
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| O, wilt thou have my cheek, Dear, drawn closer to thine own? | |
| My cheek is white, my cheek is worn, by many a tear run down. | 5 |
| Now leave a little space, Dear,… lest it should wet thine own. | |
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| O, must thou have my soul, Dear, commingled with thy soul?— | |
| Red grows the cheek, and warm the hand,… the part is in the whole! | |
| Nor hands nor cheeks keep separate, when soul is join’d to soul. | | | | |
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