| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| May Margaret |
| | | Théophile Julius Henry Marzials (b. 1850) |
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| IF you be that May Margaret | |
| That lived on Kendal Green, | |
| Then where ’s that sunny hair of yours | |
| That crowned you like a queen? | |
| That sunny hair is dim, lad, | 5 |
| They said was like a crown— | |
| The red gold turned to gray, lad, | |
| The night a ship went down. | |
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| If you be yet May Margaret, | |
| May Margaret now as then, | 10 |
| Then where ’s that bonny smile of yours | |
| That broke the hearts of men? | |
| The bonny smile is wan, lad, | |
| That once was glad as day— | |
| And oh! ’t is weary smiling | 15 |
| To keep the tears away. | |
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| If you be yet May Margaret, | |
| As yet you swear to me, | |
| Then where ’s that proud, cold heart of yours | |
| That sent your love to sea? | 20 |
| Ah! me, that heart is broken, | |
| The proud cold heart has bled | |
| For one light word outspoken, | |
| For all the love unsaid. | |
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| Then Margaret, my Margaret, | 25 |
| If all you say be true, | |
| Your hair is yet the sunniest gold, | |
| Your eyes the sweetest blue. | |
| And dearer yet and fairer yet | |
| For all the coming years— | 30 |
| The fairer for the waiting, | |
| The dearer for the tears! | |
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