| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 543. Emigravit |
| | | By Helen Fiske Jackson (“H. H.”) |
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| WITH sails full set, the ship her anchor weighs. | |
| Strange names shine out beneath her figure head. | |
| What glad farewells with eager eyes are said! | |
| What cheer for him who goes, and him who stays! | |
| Fair skies, rich lands, new homes, and untried days | 5 |
| Some go to seek: the rest but wait instead, | |
| Watching the way wherein their comrades led, | |
| Until the next stanch ship her flag doth raise. | |
| Who knows what myriad colonies there are | |
| Of fairest fields, and rich, undreamed-of gains | 10 |
| Thick planted in the distant shining plains | |
| Which we call sky because they lie so far? | |
| Oh, write of me, not “Died in bitter pains,” | |
| But “Emigrated to another star!” | |
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