| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1667. A Changeling Grateful |
| | | By Josephine Preston Peabody |
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| HERE they give me greeting, | |
| House me warm within, | |
| Break their bread and share it | |
| With the heart of kin. | |
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| Here the ruddy hearth-light | 5 |
| Singes not a moth, | |
| Gives a summer welcome | |
| As a red rose doth. | |
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| I would leave a gift here | |
| If I might: not I!— | 10 |
| Like a homeless laughter, | |
| Vagrant wind gone by. | |
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| But while I am a glow-worm | |
| I will shine and stay: | |
| When I am a shadow… | 15 |
| I will creep away. | |
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