| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Sonnets on Pictures. II. Mary Magdalene |
| | | Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–82) |
| | | | | At the Door of Simon the Pharisee. For a Drawing by D. G. R.) |
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| “WHY wilt thou cast the roses from thine hair? | |
| Nay, be thou all a rose,—wreath, lips, and cheek. | |
| Nay, not this house,—that banquet-house we seek; | |
| See how they kiss and enter; come thou there. | |
| This delicate day of love we two will share | 5 |
| Till at our ear love’s whispering night shall speak. | |
| What, sweet one,—hold’st thou still the foolish freak? | |
| Nay, when I kiss thy feet they ’ll leave the stair.” | |
| “Oh loose me! Seest thou not my Bridegroom’s face | |
| That draws me to Him? For His feet my kiss, | 10 |
| My hair, my tears He craves to-day:—and oh! | |
| What words can tell what other day and place | |
| Shall see me clasp those blood-stain’d feet of His? | |
| He needs me, calls me, loves me: let me go!” | |
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