| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| The Tropics |
| | | Douglas B. W. Sladen (b. 1856) |
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| LOVE we the warmth and light of tropic lands, | |
| The strange bright fruit, the feathery fanspread leaves, | |
| The glowing mornings and the mellow eves, | |
| The strange shells scattered on the golden sands, | |
| The curious handiwork of Eastern hands, | 5 |
| The little carts ambled by humpbacked beeves, | |
| The narrow outrigged native boat which cleaves, | |
| Unscathed, the surf outside the coral strands. | |
| Love we the blaze of color, the rich red | |
| Of broad tiled-roof and turban, the bright green | 10 |
| Of plantain-frond and paddy-field, nor dread | |
| The fierceness of the noon. The sky serene, | |
| The chill-less air, quaint sights, and tropic trees, | |
| Seem like a dream fulfilled of lotus-ease. | |
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