Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
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That all my heart with vague desire was stirred;
And, ere the Summer winds had taken wing,
I told her; but she smiled and said no word.
And she was silent; till from skies grown drear
Fell soft one fine, first snow-flake, and she clasped
My neck and cried, “Love, we have lost a year!”