Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). Three Songs from 'Maud', III. Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. 1922. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

Three Songs from ‘Maud’, III

By Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)


O THAT ’twere possible
After long grief and pain
To find the arms of my true love
Round me once again!…

A shadow flits before me,	5
Not thou, but like to thee:
Ah, Christ! that it were possible
For one short hour to see
The souls we loved, that they might tell us
What and where they be!	10