Spring and Autumn by William James Linton. Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. 1895. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.

Spring and Autumn

William James Linton (1812–97)


“THOU wilt forget me.” “Love has no such word.”
The soft Spring wind is whispering to the trees.
Among lime-blossoms have the hovering bees
Those whispers heard?

“Or thou wilt change.” “Love changeth not,” he said.	5
The purple heather cloys the air with scent
Of honey. O’er the moors her lover went,
Nor turn’d his head.