| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920. 1920. |
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| A Nature-Lover Passes |
| | | Daniel Henderson |
| | | | | (In certain parts of the World the custom still prevails of telling the bees that a member of the family has died.) |
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| BEES, go tell the things he treasured— | |
| Oak and grass and violet— | |
| That although his life was measured | |
| He is with them yet! | |
| Tell the wild rose and the clover | 5 |
| That the earth has made him over! | |
| Tell the lilting, loitering stream | |
| He is sharer of its dream! | |
| Whisper to the April wood | |
| Of his blending in its mood! | 10 |
| Tell the wind his spirit flows | |
| In whatever path it blows! | |
| Tell the thrush it draws its art | |
| From the rapture of his heart! | |
| Bees, to his green shelter bring | 15 |
| All of earth’s bright gossiping: | |
| Tales of feather, flower, or fur; | |
| Sap upmounting; wings astir! | |
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| Now we may no more attend him, | |
Bid his loved wild things befriend him!
Harper’s Magazine | 20 |
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