| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1185. Under the Red Cross |
| | | By Chauncey Hickox |
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| SHE came and went as comes and goes | |
| A fragrance in the morning air, | |
| Where lay the shadowy shapes of those | |
| Who died in her sweet care. | |
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| Some doubted, when her face had flown, | 5 |
| Whether it was or only seemed,— | |
| Whether one saw what he had known | |
| Or something he had dreamed. | |
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| And near a trampled field at night | |
| Wan eyes, still following her afar, | 10 |
| Saw round that head a saintlier light | |
| Than came from moon or star. | |
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| The wreck, the roar, the murk, the glare | |
| Were nought to her; she simply knew | |
| God’s broken images were there | 15 |
| Where healing hands were few. | |
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