| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1221. She Was a Beauty |
| | | By Henry Cuyler Bunner |
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| SHE was a beauty in the days | |
| When Madison was President, | |
| And quite coquettish in her ways,— | |
| On conquests of the heart intent. | |
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| Grandpapa, on his right knee bent, | 5 |
| Wooed her in stiff, old-fashioned phrase,— | |
| She was a beauty in the days | |
| When Madison was President. | |
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| And when your roses where hers went | |
| Shall go, my Rose, who date from Hayes, | 10 |
| I hope you ’ll wear her sweet content | |
| Of whom tradition lightly says: | |
| She was a beauty in the days | |
| When Madison was President. | |
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