| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Ecstasy |
| | | Eric Mackay (b. 1851) |
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| I CANNOT sing to thee as I would sing | |
| If I were quickened like the holy lark, | |
| With fire from Heaven and sunlight on his wing, | |
| Who wakes the world with witcheries of the dark | |
| Renewed in rapture in the reddening air. | 5 |
| A thing of splendor do I deem him then, | |
| A feathered frenzy with an angel’s throat, | |
| A something sweet that somewhere seems to float | |
| ’Twixt earth and sky, to be a sign to men. | |
| He fills me with such wonder and despair! | 10 |
| I long to kiss thy locks, so golden bright, | |
| As he doth kiss the tresses of the sun. | |
| Oh! bid me sing to thee, my chosen one, | |
| And do thou teach me, Love, to sing aright! | |
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