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

By Charles HenryCrandall

1314 Stella

HOME from the observatory,

Now I take her on my knee,

And I tell her all the glory

That the lenses showed to me.

Pleased, she listens to my story,

Earnest look then turneth she

Where the stars are softly blinking

In the blue of summer skies.

Ah! she sees beyond my thinking,

Even into Paradise!

Very humbly I am drinking

What o’erfloweth from her eyes.