| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1373. Quatrains |
| | | By Frank Dempster Sherman |
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A QUATRAIN
HARK at the lips of this pink whorl of shell | |
| And you shall hear the ocean’s surge and roar: | |
| So in the quatrain’s measure, written well, | |
| A thousand lines shall all be sung in four! | |
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A HOLLYHOCK
SERAGLIO of the Sultan Bee! | 5 |
| I listen at the waxen door, | |
| And hear the zithern’s melody | |
| And sound of dancing on the floor. | |
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MOONRISE
WITHIN this silent palace of the Night, | |
| See how the moon, like some huge, phantom moth, | 10 |
| Creeps slowly up across the azure cloth | |
| That hangs between the darkness and the light. | |
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