Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By John BanisterTabb949 The Water-Lily
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Hast thou drifted through the night,
Swanlike, to a leafy nest,
On the restless waves, at rest?
Of a mountain-summit blown,
Or the blossom of a dream,
Fashioned in the foamy stream?
When the daylight came too soon,
Fleeting from her bath to hide,
Left her garment in the tide.