| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | Nydia’s Song | | By Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873) |
| | | THE WIND and the Beam loved the Rose, | |
| And the Rose loved one: | |
| For who recks the Wind where it blows? | |
| Or loves not the Sun? | |
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| None knew whence the humble Wind stole, | 5 |
| Poor sport of the skies: | |
| None dreamt that the Wind had a soul | |
| In its mournful sighs. | |
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| O happy Beam, how canst thou prove | |
| That bright love of thine? | 10 |
| In thy light is the proof of thy love, | |
| Thou hast but to shine. | |
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| How its love can the Wind reveal? | |
| Unwelcome its sigh: | |
| Mute, mute to the Rose let it steal— | 15 |
| Its proof is—to die! | | | | |
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