| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 563. Dandelions |
| | | By John Albee |
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| NOW dandelions in the short, new grass, | |
| Through all their rapid stages daily pass; | |
| No bee yet visits them; each has its place, | |
| Still near enough to see the other’s face. | |
| Unkenn’d the bud, so like the grass and ground | 5 |
| In our old country yards where thickest found; | |
| Some morn it opes a little golden sun, | |
| And sets in its own west when day is done. | |
| In few days more ’t is old and silvery gray, | |
| And though so close to earth it made its stay, | 10 |
| Lo! now it findeth wings and lightly flies, | |
| A spirit form, till on the sight it dies. | |
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