| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| The Roundel |
| | | Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) |
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| A ROUNDEL is wrought as a ring or a sphere, | |
| With craft of delight and with cunning of sound unsought, | |
| That the heart of the hearer may smile if to pleasure his ear | |
| A roundel is wrought. | |
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| Its jewel of music is carven of all or of aught— | 5 |
| Love, laughter or mourning, remembrance of rapture or fear— | |
| That fancy may fashion to hang in the ear of thought. | |
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| As a bird’s quick song runs round, and the hearts in us hear | |
| Pause answer to pause, and again the same strain caught, | |
| So moves the device whence, round as a pearl or tear, | 10 |
| A roundel is wrought. | |
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