| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | Man’s Days | | By Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960) |
| | | A SUDDEN wakin’, a sudden weepin’, | |
| A li’l suckin’, a li’l sleepin’; | |
| A cheel’s full joys an’ a cheel’s short sorrows, | |
| Wi’ a power o’ faith in gert to-morrows. | |
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| Young blood red-hot an’ the love of a maid, | 5 |
| One glorious day as’ll never fade; | |
| Some shadows, some sunshine, some triumphs, some tears, | |
| And a gatherin’ weight o’ the flyin’ years. | |
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| Then old man’s talk o’ the days behind ’e, | |
| Your darter’s youngest darter to mind ’e; | 10 |
| A li’l dreamin’, a li’l dyin’: | |
| A li’l lew corner o’ airth to lie in. | | | | |
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