| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Awake, My Heart! |
| | | Robert Seymour Bridges (1844–1930) |
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| AWAKE, my heart, to be lov’d, awake, awake! | |
| The darkness silvers away, the morn doth break, | |
| It leaps in the sky: unrisen lustres slake | |
| The o’ertaken moon. Awake, O heart, awake! | |
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| She, too, that loveth awaketh and hopes for thee; | 5 |
| Her eyes already have sped the shades that flee, | |
| Already they watch the path thy feet shall take: | |
| Awake, O heart to be lov’d, awake, awake! | |
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| And if thou tarry from her,—if this could be,— | |
| She cometh herself, O heart, to be lov’d, to thee; | 10 |
| For thee would unasham’d herself forsake: | |
| Awake to be lov’d, my heart, awake, awake! | |
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| Awake! The land is scatter’d with light, and see, | |
| Uncanopied sleep is flying from field and tree; | |
| And blossoming boughs of April in laughter shake: | 15 |
| Awake, O heart, to be lov’d, awake, awake! | |
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| Lo, all things wake and tarry and look for thee: | |
| She looketh and saith, “O sun, now bring him to me. | |
| Come, more ador’d, O ador’d, for his coming’s sake, | |
| And awake, my heart, to be lov’d, awake, awake!” | 20 |
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