| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1407. A Bell |
| | | By Clinton Scollard |
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| HAD I the power | |
| To cast a bell that should from some grand tower, | |
| At the first Christmas hour, | |
| Outring, | |
| And fling | 5 |
| A jubilant message wide, | |
| The forgëd metals should be thus allied:— | |
| No iron Pride, | |
| But soft Humility, and rich-veined Hope | |
| Cleft from a sunny slope; | 10 |
| And there should be | |
| White Charity, | |
| And silvery Love, that knows not Doubt nor Fear, | |
| To make the peal more clear; | |
| And then to firmly fix the fine alloy, | 15 |
| There should be Joy! | |
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