| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1558. Dirge |
| | | By Madison Cawein |
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| WHAT shall her silence keep | |
| Under the sun? | |
| Here, where the willows weep | |
| And waters run; | |
| Here, where she lies asleep, | 5 |
| And all is done. | |
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| Lights, when the tree-top swings; | |
| Scents that are sown; | |
| Sounds of the wood-bird’s wings; | |
| And the bee’s drone: | 10 |
| These be her comfortings | |
| Under the stone. | |
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| What shall watch o’er her here | |
| When day is fled? | |
| Here, when the night is near | 15 |
| And skies are red; | |
| Here, where she lieth dear | |
| And young and dead. | |
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| Shadows, and winds that spill | |
| Dew, and the tune | 20 |
| Of the wild whippoorwill, | |
| And the white moon,— | |
| These be the watchers still | |
| Over her stone. | |
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