Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By James RussellLowell358 An Autograph
O’
Ages ere man on earth was known—
And patient Time, while Nature slept,
The slender tracing turned to stone.
Prithee, how much of prose or song,
In league with the creative powers,
Shall ’scape Oblivion’s broom so long.