Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889
Hugh Latimer
By Henry Augustin Beers (18471926)[From The Thankless Muse. 1885.]
H
A music strong and sweet,
Like some unearthly instrument
That’s played upon by heat.
Sets all its perfume free,
The incense of his hardy soul
Rose up exceedingly.
Were sun and vernal rain;
But fire has forced it to unfold,
Nor will it shut again.