Mathilde Blind (1841-1896). Dare Quam Accipere. Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. 1922. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

Dare Quam Accipere

By Mathilde Blind (1841–1896)


AH! yesterday was dark and drear,
My heart was deadly sore;
Without thy love it seem’d, my Dear,
That I could live no more.

And yet I laugh and sing to-day;	5
Care or care not for me,
Thou canst not take the love away
Wherewith I worship thee.

And if to-morrow, Dear, I live,
My heart I shall not break:	10
For still I hold it that to give
Is sweeter than to take.