XXVI
Reading edition
Anacreontics
[Published in The Gem: a Literary Annual. London: W. Marshall, Holborn Bars, mdcccxxxi.]
With roses musky breathed, And drooping daffodilly, And silverleaved lily, And ivy darkly-wreathed, I wove a crown before her, For her I love so dearly, A garland for Lenora. With a silken cord I bound it. Lenora, laughing clearly A light and thrilling laughter, About her forehead wound it, And loved me ever after.