| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1483. Immortal Flowers |
| | | By Wallace Rice |
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| OF old, a man who died | |
| Had, in his pride, | |
| Woman and steed and slave | |
| Heaped at his grave; | |
| Given this sudden end | 5 |
| Their souls to send, | |
| Still serving, witherward | |
| Their lord had fared. | |
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| Grown wiser, we, to-day, | |
| A happier way | 10 |
| Find for our love and grief | |
| And death’s relief: | |
| Flowers their fragrance strew | |
| Where he must go, | |
| Gladden the narrow gate | 15 |
| Whereat we wait. | |
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| And there be those of us | |
| Who! amorous | |
| Of life and hope, can see | |
| How gleefully | 20 |
| He, lonely, greets beyond | |
| These flowers so fond, | |
| Even as our common doom | |
| Saddens their bloom. | |
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