Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By FrederickPeterson1459 Solitude
I
Far out upon the lonely moors,
Where steel-gray pools reflect the sky,
And mists arise in dim contours.
Doth stir the stillness of the reeds;
Silent the water-snakes emerge
From writhing depths of water-weeds.
There shines no light of moon or star;
Only the fen-fires gleam and pass
Along the low horizon bar.
AS if it voiced, with mournful stress
The strange hereditary sigh
Of age on age of loneliness.