| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1342. The Spirit of the Fall |
| | | By Danske Dandridge |
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| COME, on thy swaying feet, | |
| Wild Spirit of the Fall! | |
| With wind-blown skirts, loose hair of russet-brown, | |
| Crowned with bright berries of the bitter-sweet. | |
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| Trip a light measure with the hurrying leaf, | 5 |
| Straining thy few late roses to thy breast, | |
| With laughter over-gay, sweet eyes drooped down, | |
| That none may guess thy grief. | |
| Dare not to pause for rest | |
| Lest the slow tears should gather to their fall. | 10 |
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| But when the cold moon rises o’er the hill, | |
| The last numb crickets cease, and all is still, | |
| Face down thou liest on the frosty ground | |
| Strewed with thy fortune’s wreek, alas, thine all— | |
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| There, on a winter dawn, thy corse I found, | 15 |
| Lone Spirit of the Fall. | |
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