| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Epitaph for a Sailor Buried Ashore |
| | | Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (1860–1943) |
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| HE who but yesterday would roam | |
| Careless as clouds and currents range, | |
| In homeless wandering most at home, | |
| Inhabiter of change; | |
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| Who wooed the west to win the east, | 5 |
| And named the stars of north and south, | |
| And felt the zest of Freedom’s feast | |
| Familiar in his mouth; | |
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| Who found a faith in stranger speech, | |
| And fellowship in foreign hands, | 10 |
| And had within his eager reach | |
| The relish of all lands— | |
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| How circumscribed a plot of earth | |
| Keeps now his restless footsteps still, | |
| Whose wish was wide as ocean’s girth, | 15 |
| Whose will the water’s will! | |
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