| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | Three Songs from ‘Maud’, I | | By Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | | GO not, happy day | |
| From the shining fields, | |
| Go not, happy day, | |
| Till the maiden yields. | |
| Rosy is the West, | 5 |
| Rosy is the South, | |
| Roses are her cheeks, | |
| And a rose her mouth. | |
| When the happy Yes | |
| Falters from her lips, | 10 |
| Pass and blush the news | |
| O’er the blowing ships. | |
| Over blowing seas, | |
| Over seas at rest, | |
| Pass the happy news, | 15 |
| Blush it thro’ the West; | |
| Till the red man dance | |
| By his red cedar tree, | |
| And the red man’s babe | |
| Leap, beyond the sea. | 20 |
| Blush from West to East, | |
| Blush from East to West, | |
| Till the West is East, | |
| Blush it thro’ the West. | |
| Rosy is the West, | 25 |
| Rosy is the South, | |
| Roses are her cheeks, | |
| And a rose her mouth. | | | | |
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