| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| When We Are Parted |
| | | Hamilton Aïdé (b. 1829) |
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| WHEN we are parted let me lie | |
| In some far corner of thy heart, | |
| Silent, and from the world apart, | |
| Like a forgotten melody: | |
| Forgotten of the world beside, | 5 |
| Cherish’d by one, and one alone, | |
| For some lov’d memory of its own; | |
| So let me in thy heart abide | |
| When we are parted. | |
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| When we are parted, keep for me | 10 |
| The sacred stillness of the night; | |
| That hour, sweet Love, is mine by right; | |
| Let others claim the day of thee! | |
| The cold world sleeping at our feet, | |
| My spirit shall discourse with thine;— | 15 |
| When stars upon thy pillow shine, | |
| At thy heart’s door I stand and beat, | |
| Though we are parted. | |
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