Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By George ParsonsLathrop1068 The Sunshine of Thine Eyes
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(O still, celestial beam!)
Whatever it touches it fills
With the life of its lambent gleam.
Oh, let it fall on me!
Though I be but a mote of the air,
I could turn to gold for thee.