Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By Edward RowlandSill778 Before Sunrise in Winter
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Sky, yellow gold below;
The naked trees, beyond the town,
Like masts against it show,—
With shining snow-sails furled;
And through the sea of space we slip,
That flows all round the world.