| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1311. Death and Night |
| | | By James Benjamin Kenyon |
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| THE BEARDED grass waves in the summer breeze; | |
| The sunlight sleeps along the distant hills; | |
| Faint is the music of the murmuring rills, | |
| And faint the drowsy piping of the bees. | |
| The languid leaves scarce stir upon the trees, | 5 |
| And scarce is heard the clangor of the mills | |
| In the far distance, and the high, sharp trills | |
| Of the cicada die upon the leas. | |
| O death, what art thou? Hast thou peace like this? | |
| Or, underneath the daisies, out of sight, | 10 |
| Hast thou in keep some higher, calmer bliss? | |
| Ah me! ’t is pleasant to behold the light, | |
| And missing this, O death, would we not miss | |
| That weariness which makes us love the night? | |
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