Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Virginia WoodwardCloud

1400 Care

ALL in the leafy darkness, when sleep had passed me by,

I knew the surging of the sea—

Though never wave were nigh.

All in the leafy darkness, unbroken by a star,

There came the clamorous call of day,

While yet the day was far.

All in the leafy darkness, woven with hushes deep,

I heard the vulture wings of Fear

Above me tireless sweep;

The sea of Doubt, the dread of day, upon me surged and swept

All in the leafy darkness,

And while the whole world slept.