| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| On the Death of Mrs. Browning |
| | | Sydney Dobell (1824–74) |
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| WHICH of the Angels sang so well in Heaven | |
| That the approving Archon of the quire | |
| Cried, “Come up hither!” and he, going higher, | |
| Carried a note out of the choral seven; | |
| Whereat that cherub to whom choice is given | 5 |
| Among the singers that on earth aspire | |
| Beckon’d thee from us, and thou, and thy lyre | |
| Sudden ascended out of sight? Yet even | |
| In Heaven thou weepest! Well, true wife, to weep! | |
| Thy voice doth so betray that sweet offence | 10 |
| That no new call should more exalt thee hence | |
| But for thy harp. Ah, lend it, and such grace | |
| Shall still advance thy neighbor that thou keep | |
| Thy seat, and at thy side a vacant place! | |
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