Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | IV. Wooing and Winning | | Golden Eyes | | Rufinus |
| | From the Greek by Andrew Lang
AH, Golden Eyes, to win you yet, | |
| I bring mine April coronet, | |
| The lovely blossoms of the spring, | |
| For you I weave, to you I bring: | |
| These roses with the lilies wet, | 5 |
| The dewy dark-eyed violet, | |
| Narcissus, and the wind-flower wet. | |
| Wilt thou disdain mine offering, | |
| Ah, Golden Eyes? | |
| Crowned with thy lover’s flowers, forget | 10 |
| The pride wherein thy heart is set, | |
| For thou, like these or anything, | |
| Hast but thine hour of blossoming, | |
| Thy spring, and then—the long regret, | |
| Ah, Golden Eyes! | 15 | | | |
|
|
