| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1307. When Almonds Bloom |
| | | By Milicent Washburn Shinn |
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| WHEN almond buds unclose, | |
| Soft white and tender rose,— | |
| A swarm of white moth things, | |
| With sunset on their wings, | |
| That fluttering settle down | 5 |
| On branches chill and brown; | |
| When all the sky is blue, | |
| And up from grasses new | |
| Blithe springs the meadow lark,— | |
| Sweet, sweet, from dawn to dark;— | 10 |
| When all the young year’s way | |
| Grows sweeter day by day;— | |
| When almond buds unclose, | |
| Who doubts of May’s red rose? | |
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