Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864). The Test. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1909. The Book of Georgian Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.

The Test

By Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)


I HELD her hand, the pledge of bliss,
Her hand that trembled and withdrew;
She bent her head before my kiss …
My heart was sure that hers was true.

Now I have told her I must part,	5
She shakes my hand, she bids adieu,
Nor shuns the kiss. Alas, my heart!
Hers never was the heart for you.