Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson. 1809–1892709. O that ’twere possible
| O THAT ’twere possible | |
| After long grief and pain | |
| To find the arms of my true love | |
| Round me once again!… | |
| A shadow flits before me, | 5 |
| Not thou, but like to thee: | |
| Ah, Christ! that it were possible | |
| For one short hour to see | |
| The souls we loved, that they might tell us | |
| What and where they be! | 10 |