| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Day and Night Songs |
| | | William Allingham (1824–89) |
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| THESE little Songs, | |
| Found here and there, | |
| Floating in air | |
| By forest and lea, | |
| Or hill-side heather, | 5 |
| In houses and throngs, | |
| Or down by the sea— | |
| Have come together, | |
| How, I can’t tell: | |
| But I know full well | 10 |
| No witty goose-wing | |
| On an inkstand begot ’em; | |
| Remember each place | |
| And moment of grace, | |
| In summer or spring, | 15 |
| Winter or autumn, | |
| By sun, moon, stars, | |
| Or a coal in the bars, | |
| In market or church, | |
| Graveyard or dance, | 20 |
| When they came without search, | |
| Were found as by chance. | |
| A word, a line, | |
| You may say are mine; | |
| But the best in the songs, | 25 |
| Whatever it be, | |
| To you, and to me, | |
| And to no one belongs. | |
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