| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
| |
| Paraphrases. III. Heliodore Dead |
| | | Andrew Lang (1844–1912) |
| | | | | Meleager |
| |
| |
| TEARS for my lady dead, | |
| Heliodore! | |
| Salt tears and ill to shed | |
| Over and o’er. | |
| Tears for my lady dead, | 5 |
| Sighs do we send, | |
| Long love rememberéd, | |
| Mistress and friend. | |
| Sad are the songs we sing, | |
| Tears that we shed, | 10 |
| Empty the gifts we bring, | |
| Gifts to the dead. | |
| Go tears, and go lament! | |
| Fare from her tomb, | |
| Wend where my lady went, | 15 |
| Down through the gloom. | |
| Ah, for my flower, my love, | |
| Hades hath taken! | |
| Ah for the dust above, | |
| Scattered and shaken! | 20 |
| Mother of all things born, | |
| Earth, in thy breast | |
| Lull her that all men mourn, | |
| Gently to rest! | |
| |
|
|
|
