| Francis T. Palgrave, ed. (1824–1897). The Golden Treasury. 1875. |
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| Anonymous |
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| LXXX. The Great Adventurer |
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| OVER the mountains | |
| And over the waves, | |
| Under the fountains | |
| And under the graves; | |
| Under floods that are deepest, | 5 |
| Which Neptune obey; | |
| Over rocks that are steepest | |
| Love will find out the way, | |
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| Where there is no place | |
| For the glow-worm to lie; | 10 |
| Where there is no space | |
| For receipt of a fly; | |
| Where the midge dares not venture | |
| Lest herself fast she lay,— | |
| If love come, he will enter | 15 |
| And soon find out his way. | |
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| You may esteem him | |
| A child for his might; | |
| Or you may deem him | |
| A coward from his flight: | 20 |
| But if she whom love doth honour | |
| Be conceal'd from the day, | |
| Set a thousand guards upon her, | |
| Love will find out the way. | |
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| Some think to lose him | 25 |
| By having him confined; | |
| And some do suppose him, | |
| Poor thing, to be blind: | |
| But if ne'er so close ye wall him | |
| Do the best that you may, | 30 |
| Blind love, if so ye call him, | |
| Will find out his way. | |
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| You may train the eagle | |
| To stoop to your fist; | |
| Or you may inveigle | 35 |
| The phoenix of the east; | |
| The lioness, ye may move her | |
| To give o'er her prey: | |
| But you'll ne'er stop a lover; | |
| He will find out his way. | 40 |
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