| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1572. He Who Hath Loved |
| | | By Walter Malone |
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| HE who hath loved hath borne a vassal’s chain, | |
| And worn the royal purple of a king; | |
| Hath shrunk beneath the icy Winter’s sting, | |
| Then revelled in the golden Summer’s reign; | |
| He hath within the dust and ashes lain, | 5 |
| Then soared o’er mountains on an eagle’s wing; | |
| A hut hath slept in, worn with wandering, | |
| And hath been lord of castle-towers in Spain. | |
| He who hath loved hath starved in beggar’s cell, | |
| Then in Aladdin’s jewelled chariot driven; | 10 |
| He hath with passion roamed a demon fell, | |
| And had an angel’s raiment to him given; | |
| His restless soul hath burned with flames of hell, | |
| And winged through ever-blooming fields of heaven. | |
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