| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1495. The Lamp in the West |
| | | By Ella Higginson |
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| VENUS has lit her silver lamp | |
| Low in the purple West, | |
| Casting a soft and mellow light | |
| Upon the sea’s full breast; | |
| In one clear path—as if to guide | 5 |
| Some pale, wayfaring guest. | |
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| Far out, far out the restless bar | |
| Starts from a troubled sleep, | |
| Where, roaring through the narrow straits, | |
| The meeting waters leap; | 10 |
| But still that shining pathway leads | |
| Across the lonely deep. | |
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| When I sail out the narrow straits | |
| Where unknown dangers be, | |
| And cross the troubled, moaning bar | 15 |
| To the mysterious sea, | |
| Dear God, wilt thou not set a lamp | |
| Low in the West for me? | |
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