| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1564. Reality |
| | | By Martha Gilbert Dickinson |
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| THESE are my scales to weigh reality,— | |
| A dream, a chord, a longing, love of Thee. | |
| Real as the violets of April days, | |
| Or those soft-hid in unfrequented ways; | |
| Real as the noiseless tune to which we tread | 5 |
| The measure we by life’s old song are led; | |
| Real as man’s wonder what his soul may be,— | |
| A guest for time or for eternity. | |
| Real as the ocean, seen, alas! no more, | |
| Whose tide still beats along my heart’s inshore. | 10 |
| These are my scales to weigh reality,— | |
| A chord, a dream, a longing, love of Thee! | |
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