| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Song |
| | | Norman Gale (b. 1862) |
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| WAIT but a little while— | |
| The bird will bring | |
| A heart in tune for melodies | |
| Unto the spring, | |
| Till he who ’s in the cedar there | 5 |
| Is moved to trill a song so rare, | |
| And pipe her fair. | |
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| Wait but a little while— | |
| The bud will break; | |
| The inner rose will open and glow | 10 |
| For summer’s sake; | |
| Fond bees will lodge within her breast | |
| Till she herself is plucked and prest | |
| Where I would rest. | |
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| Wait but a little while— | 15 |
| The maid will grow | |
| Gracious with lips and hands to thee, | |
| With breast of snow. | |
| To-day Love ’s mute, but time hath sown | |
| A soul in her to match thine own, | 20 |
| Though yet ungrown. | |
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