| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1079. A Conjecture |
| | | By Charles Francis Richardson |
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| I WONDER, dear, if you had been | |
| The maiden queen’s pet maid of honor, | |
| A flower of that fair time wherein | |
| A court of roses smiled upon her, | |
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| And I, erewhile, by Trojan wall | 5 |
| Had fiercely fought for Grecian glory, | |
| Beheld the pride of Priam fall, | |
| And home in Athens told the story, | |
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| Whether we, wandering in the glow | |
| Of the Hereafter’s radiant spaces, | 10 |
| Would there have mutely met, and so | |
| Seen love make bright our yearning faces | |
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