Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
William James Linton 181297Love and Youth
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I greeted as they pass’d me by:
The one a bow and quiver bare,
The other shouted joyously.
Both I besought to stay their speed,
But never Love nor Youth had heed
Of my wild cry.
Youth fled, nor ever once look’d back;
A moment Love was left behind,
But follow’d soon his fellow’s track.
Yet loitering at my heart he bent
His bow, then smil’d with changed intent:
The string was slack.