| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| To the Gossamer-Light |
| | | Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–79) |
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| QUICK gleam, that ridest on the gossamer! | |
| How oft I see thee, with thy wavering lance, | |
| Tilt at the midges in their evening dance, | |
| A gentle joust set on by summer air! | |
| How oft I watch thee from my gardenchair! | 5 |
| And, failing that, I search the lawns and bowers, | |
| To find thee floating o’er the fruits and flowers, | |
| And doing thy sweet work in silence there. | |
| Thou art the poet’s darling, ever sought | |
| In the fair garden or the breezy mead; | 10 |
| The wind dismounts thee not; thy buoyant thread | |
| Is as the sonnet, poising one bright thought, | |
| That moves but does not vanish: borne along | |
| Like light,—a golden drift through all the song! | |
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