| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 818. Night and Day |
| | | By Sidney Lanier |
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| THE INNOCENT, sweet Day is dead. | |
| Dark Night hath slain her in her bed. | |
| O’ Moors are as fierce to kill as to wed! | |
| —Put out the light, said he. | |
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| A sweeter light than ever rayed | 5 |
| From star of heaven or eye of maid | |
| Has vanished in the unknown Shade. | |
| —She ’s dead, she ’s dead, said he. | |
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| Now, in a wild, sad after-mood | |
| The tawny Night sits still to brood | 10 |
| Upon the dawn-time when he wooed. | |
| —I would she lived, said he. | |
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| Star-memories of happier times, | |
| Of loving deeds and lovers’ rhymes, | |
| Throng forth in silvery pantomimes. | 15 |
| —Come back, O Day! said he. | |
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