| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1410. The Fortunate One |
| | | By Harriet Monroe |
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| BESIDE her ashen hearth she sate her down, | |
| Whence he she loved had fled,— | |
| His children plucking at her sombre gown | |
| And calling for the dead. | |
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| One came to her clad in the robes of May, | 5 |
| And said sweet words of cheer, | |
| Bidding her bear the burden in God’s way, | |
| And feel her loved ones near. | |
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| And she who spake thus would have given, thrice blest, | |
| Long lives of happy years, | 10 |
| To clasp his children to a mother’s breast, | |
| And weep his widow’s tears. | |
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