| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 501. To a Young Child |
| | | By Eliza Scudder |
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| AS doth his heart who travels far from home | |
| Leap up whenever he by chance doth see | |
| One from his mother-country lately come, | |
| Friend from my home—thus do I welcome thee. | |
| Thou art so late arrived that I the tale | 5 |
| Of thy high lineage on thy brow can trace, | |
| And almost feel the breath of that soft gale | |
| That wafted thee unto this desert place, | |
| And half can hear those ravishing sounds that flowed | |
| From out Heaven’s gate when it was oped for thee, | 10 |
| That thou awhile mightst leave thy bright abode | |
| Amid these lone and desolate tracks to be | |
| A homesick, weary wanderer, and then | |
| Return unto thy native land again. | |
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