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

By John BanisterTabb

952 Anonymous

ANONYMOUS—nor needs a name

To tell the secret whence the flame,

With light, and warmth, and incense, came

A new creation to proclaim.

So was it when, His labor done,

God saw His work, and smiled thereon:

His glory in the picture shone,

But name upon the canvas, none.