| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Love and Youth |
| | | William James Linton (1812–97) |
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| TWO winged genii in the air | |
| I greeted as they pass’d me by: | |
| The one a bow and quiver bare, | |
| The other shouted joyously. | |
| Both I besought to stay their speed, | 5 |
| But never Love nor Youth had heed | |
| Of my wild cry. | |
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| As swift and careless as the wind, | |
| Youth fled, nor ever once look’d back; | |
| A moment Love was left behind, | 10 |
| But follow’d soon his fellow’s track. | |
| Yet loitering at my heart he bent | |
| His bow, then smil’d with changed intent: | |
| The string was slack. | |
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