| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 395. Into the Noiseless Country |
| | | By Thomas William Parsons |
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| INTO the noiseless country Annie went, | |
| Among the silent people where no sound | |
| Of wheel or voice or implement—no roar | |
| Of wind or billow moves the tranquil air: | |
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| And oft at midnight when my strength is spent | 5 |
| And day’s delirium in the lull is drowned | |
| Of deepening darkness, as I kneel before | |
| Her palm and cross, comes to my soul this prayer, | |
| That partly brings me back to my content, | |
| “Oh, that hushed forest!—soon may I be there!” | 10 |
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