Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By Lizette WoodworthReese1254 In Time of Grief
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The box dripped in the air;
Its odor through my house was blown
Into the chamber there.
The sole thing of the kind,
As though one spoke a word half meant
That left a sting behind.
And naught of it be plain,
Except how keen the box can be
After a fall of rain.