| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| A London Plane-Tree |
| | | Amy Levy (1861–89) |
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| GREEN is the plane-tree in the square, | |
| The other trees are brown; | |
| They droop and pine for country air; | |
| The plane-tree loves the town. | |
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| Here from my garret-pane, I mark | 5 |
| The plane-tree bud and blow, | |
| Shed her recuperative bark, | |
| And spread her shade below. | |
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| Among her branches, in and out, | |
| The city breezes play; | 10 |
| The dun fog wraps her round about; | |
| Above, the smoke curls gray. | |
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| Others the country take for choice, | |
| And hold the town in scorn; | |
| But she has listened to the voice | 15 |
| On city breezes borne. | |
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