Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Bliss Carman 18611929A Windflower
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Between the dawning and the dew,
A tiny flower before the wind,
Ephemeral in time, I grew.
Nor death nor love nor any name
Known among men in all their lands,—
Yet failure put desire to shame.
The calm of yesternight is gone;
Surely the wind is but the wind,
And I a broken waif thereon.
Upon the floor of God’s abode:
Whence came that careless wanderer
Between the woodside and the road!