| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1436. A “Rise” |
| | | By Ernest McGaffey |
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| UNDER the shadows of a cliff | |
| Crowned with a growth of stately pine | |
| An angler moors his rocking skiff | |
| And o’er the ripple casts his line, | |
| And where the darkling current crawls | 5 |
| Like thistle-down the gay lure falls. | |
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| Then from the depths a silver gleam | |
| Quick flashes, like a jewel bright, | |
| Up through the waters of the stream | |
| An instant visible to sight— | 10 |
| As lighting cleaves the sombre sky | |
| The black bass rises to the fly. | |
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