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

By ChaunceyHickox

1185 Under the Red Cross

SHE came and went as comes and goes

A fragrance in the morning air,

Where lay the shadowy shapes of those

Who died in her sweet care.

Some doubted, when her face had flown,

Whether it was or only seemed,—

Whether one saw what he had known

Or something he had dreamed.

And near a trampled field at night

Wan eyes, still following her afar,

Saw round that head a saintlier light

Than came from moon or star.

The wreck, the roar, the murk, the glare

Were nought to her; she simply knew

God’s broken images were there

Where healing hands were few.