| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Diana |
| | | Ernest Rhys (b. 1860) |
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| THIS new Diana makes weak men her prey, | |
| And, making captive, still would fain pursue, | |
| And still would keep, and still would drive away,— | |
| So day by day, | |
| Hate, hunt, to murder, and yet love them too; | 5 |
| Ah, dear Diana! | |
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| ’T were well, poor fools, to shun her cruel spear, | |
| More fatal far than that which slew of old; | |
| Her spear is wit, that she so brings to bear; | |
| Then laughs to hear | 10 |
| When it has struck, and one more heart runs cold; | |
| Ah, dear Diana! | |
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| Be wise, O fools, and shun her cruel eyes, | |
| Which, when you see, you straight must love, to death. | |
| This new Diana has such sorceries, | 15 |
| Who loves her, dies; | |
| And dying, cries still, with his latest breath,— | |
| Ah, dear Diana! | |
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