| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | A Seat for Three: Written on a Settle | | By Walter Crane (1845–1915) |
| | | A SEAT for three, where host and guest | |
| May side-by-side pass toast or jest; | |
| And be their number two or three, | |
| With elbow-room and liberty, | |
| What need to wander east or west? | 5 |
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| A book for thought, a nook for rest, | |
| And, meet for fasting or for fest, | |
| In fair and equal parts to be | |
| A seat for three. | |
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| Then give you pleasant company, | 10 |
| For youth or elder shady tree; | |
| A roof for council or sequest, | |
| A corner in a homely nest; | |
| Free, equal, and fraternally, | |
| A seat for three. | 15 | | | |
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