| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| To the Herald Honeysuckle |
| | | Emily Pfeiffer (1841–90) |
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| DEEP Honeysuckle! in the silent eve | |
| When wild rose cups are clos’d, and when each bird | |
| Is sleeping by its mate, then all unheard | |
| The dew’s soft kiss thy wakeful lips receive. | |
| ’T is then the sighs that throng them seem to weave | 5 |
| A spell whereby the drowsy night is stirr’d | |
| To fervid meanings, which no fullest word | |
| Of speech or song so sweetly could achieve. | |
| Herald of bliss! whose fragrant trumpet blew | |
| Love’s title to our hearts ere love was known, | 10 |
| ’T was well thy flourish told a tale so true, | |
| Well that Love’s dazzling presence was foreshown; | |
| Had his descent on us been as the dew | |
| On thee, our rarer sense he had o’erthrown. | |
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