| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1534. Envoy |
| | | To “More Songs from Vagabondia” |
| | | By Richard Hovey |
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I
WHOSE furthest footstep never strayed | |
| Beyond the village of his birth | |
| Is but a lodger for the night | |
| In this old wayside inn of earth. | |
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| To-morrow he shall take his pack, | 5 |
| And set out for the ways beyond | |
| On the old trail from star to star, | |
| An alien and a vagabond. | |
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II
If any record of our names | |
| Be blown about the hills of time, | 10 |
| Let no one sunder us in death,— | |
| The man of paint, the men of rhyme, | |
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| Of all our good, of all our bad, | |
| This one thing only is of worth,— | |
| We held the league of heart to heart | 15 |
| The only purpose of the earth. | |
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