| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| A LITTLE love, of Heaven a little share, | |
| And then we go—what matters it? since where, | |
| Or when, or how, none may aforetime know, | |
| Nor if Death cometh soon, or lingering slow, | |
| Send on ahead his herald of Despair. | 5 |
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| On this gray life, Love lights with golden glow; | |
| Refracted from The Source, his bright wings throw | |
| Its glory round us, should Fate grant our prayer | |
| —A little love! | |
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| A little; ’t is as much as we may bear, | 10 |
| For Love is compassed with such magic air | |
| Who breathes it fully dies; and, knowing so, | |
| The Gods all wisely but a taste bestow | |
| For little lives,—a little while they spare | |
| —A little love! | 15 |
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