| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| The Unseen World. IV. Wife to Husband |
| | | Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–94) |
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| PARDON the faults in me, | |
| For the love of years ago: | |
| Good-by. | |
| I must drift across the sea, | |
| I must sink into the snow, | 5 |
| I must die. | |
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| You can bask in this sun, | |
| You can drink wine, and eat: | |
| Good-by. | |
| I must gird myself and run | 10 |
| Though with unready feet: | |
| I must die. | |
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| Blank sea to sail upon, | |
| Cold bed to sleep in: | |
| Good-by. | 15 |
| While you clasp, I must be gone | |
| For all your weeping: | |
| I must die. | |
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| A kiss for one friend, | |
| And a word for two,— | 20 |
| Good-by:— | |
| A lock that you must send, | |
| A kindness you must do: | |
| I must die. | |
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| Not a word for you. | 25 |
| Not a lock or kiss, | |
| Good-by:— | |
| We, one, must part in two; | |
| Verily death is this: | |
| I must die. | 30 |
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