| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| If She but Knew |
| | | Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy (1844–81) |
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| IF she but knew that I am weeping | |
| Still for her sake, | |
| That love and sorrow grow with keeping | |
| Till they must break, | |
| My heart that breaking will adore her, | 5 |
| Be hers and die; | |
| If she might hear me once implore her, | |
| Would she not sigh? | |
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| If she but knew that it would save me | |
| Her voice to hear, | 10 |
| Saying she pitied me, forgave me, | |
| Must she forbear? | |
| If she were told that I was dying, | |
| Would she be dumb? | |
| Could she content herself with sighing? | 15 |
| Would she not come? | |
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