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
Transition
By Stephen Decatur Smith, Jr. (b. 1861)[Born in Philadelphia, Penn., 1861.]
H
Seen through her lashes as a silken veil—
Wondering that striving mortals e’er could fail,
Startled to see the earth bear aught but flowers.
For something that would touch and stir them all,
And something, lifeless yet, to being call;
She wished it come, yet, timid, feared her fate.
(All flushed her cheek, and tear-bedewed her eyes,)
He kissed her lips. With tender, sweet surprise
The woman lived—the child had passed away.
Hallo, My Fancy! 1887.