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

The Wall-flower

Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)

THE PLACE where soon I think to lie,

In its old creviced nook hard-by

Rears many a weed:

If parties bring you there, will you

Drop slily in a grain or two

Of wall-flower seed?

I shall not see it, and (too sure!)

I shall not ever hear that your

Light step was there;

But the rich odour some fine day

Will, what I cannot do, repay

That little care.