| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Adieu |
| | | Eleanor Montgomery |
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| O SHEPHERDS! take my crook from me, | |
| For I no longer here can stay. | |
| There comes a whisper from the sea, | |
| Calling my soul from you away; | |
| Friends of my heart! long tried and true, | 5 |
| O let me leave my crook with you. | |
| An idle shepherd have I lain, | |
| Dreaming while sheep-dogs barked in vain, | |
| Or chasing rhymes to wreathe the strain | |
| Which from sweet musing grew. | 10 |
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| Above the stars I drift in thought, | |
| Melodious murmurings in my ears; | |
| As though the upborne spirit caught | |
| Soft echoes from the higher spheres. | |
| But see! far up the azure height, | 15 |
| Bright Sirius hails me with his light! | |
| My soul, impatient of delay, | |
| Rides on the wings of thought away, | |
| My heart alone with you can stay: | |
| My Shepherds dear—Good night! | 20 |
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