Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Robert UnderwoodJohnson

1107 As a Bell in a Chime

AS a bell in a chime

Sets its twin-note a-ringing,

As one poet’s rhyme

Wakes another to singing,

So, once she has smiled,

All your thoughts are beguiled,

And flowers and song from your childhood are bringing.

Though moving through sorrow

As the star through the night,

She needs not to borrow,

She lavishes, light.

The path of yon star

Seemeth dark but afar:

Like hers it is sure, and like hers it is bright.

Each grace is a jewel

Would ransom the town;

Her speech has no cruel,

Her praise is renown;

’T is in her as though Beauty,

Resigning to Duty

The sceptre, had still kept the purple and crown.