Andrew Lang (1844-1912). Heliodore. Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. 1922. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

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

Heliodore

By Andrew Lang (1844–1912)


POUR wine, and cry, again, again, again,
To Heliodore!
And mingle the sweet word ye call in vain
With that ye pour:
And bring to me her wreath of yesterday	5
That ’s dark with myrrh;
Hesternae Rosae, ah, my friends, but they
Remember her.
Lo! the kind roses, loved of lovers, weep,
As who repine;	10
For if on any breast they see her sleep,
It is not mine.