| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1035. The Manor Lord |
| | | By George Houghton |
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| BESIDE the landsman knelt a dame, | |
| And slowly pushed the pages o’er; | |
| Still by the hearth-fire’s spending flame | |
| She waited, while a hollow roar | |
| Came from the chimney, and the breath | 5 |
| Of twice seven hounds upon the floor; | |
| And, save the old man’s labored moan, | |
| The night had no sound more. | |
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| The fire flickered; with a start | |
| The master hound upflung his head; | 10 |
| Sudden he whined, when with one spring | |
| Each hunter bounded from his bed,— | |
| And through rent blind and bolted door | |
| All voiceless every creature fled; | |
| The blinking watcher closed her book; | 15 |
| “Amen, our lord is dead!” | |
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