| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1445. To O. S. C. |
| | | By Annie Eliot Trumbull |
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| SPIRIT of “fire and dew,” | |
| Whither hast fled? | |
| Thy soul they never knew | |
| Who call thee dead. | |
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| Deep thoughts of why and how | 5 |
| Shadowed thine eyes: | |
| Thou hast the answers now | |
| Straight from the skies. | |
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| Thrilled with a double power, | |
| Nature and Art,— | 10 |
| Dowered with a double dower, | |
| Reason and heart,— | |
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| Not souls like thine, in vain | |
| God fashioneth; | |
| Leadeth them forth again, | 15 |
| Gently, by death. | |
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