| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Songs from “Sylvia; Or, the May Queen.” II. Morning-Song |
| | | George Darley (1795–1846) |
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| AWAKE thee, my Lady-love! | |
| Wake thee, and rise! | |
| The sun through the bower peeps | |
| Into thine eyes! | |
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| Behold how the early lark | 5 |
| Springs from the corn! | |
| Hark, hark how the flower-bird | |
| Winds her wee horn! | |
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| The swallow’s glad shriek is heard | |
| All through the air; | 10 |
| The stock-dove is murmuring | |
| Loud as she dare. | |
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| Apollo’s wing’d bugleman | |
| Cannot contain, | |
| But peals his loud trumpet-call | 15 |
| Once and again. | |
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| Then wake thee, my Lady-love! | |
| Bird of my bower! | |
| The sweetest and sleepiest | |
| Bird at this hour! | 20 |
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