The Dewdrop by Joseph Skipsey. Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. 1895. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.

The Dewdrop

Joseph Skipsey (b. 1832)


AH, be not vain. In yon flower-bell,
As rare a pearl, did I appear,
As ever grew in ocean shell,
To dangle at a Helen’s ear.

So was I till a cruel blast	5
Arose and swept me to the ground,
When, in the jewel of the past,
Earth but a drop of water found.