| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 603. Farther |
| | | (The Suggested Device of a New Western State) |
| | | By John James Piatt |
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| FAR-OFF a young State rises, full of might: | |
| I paint its brave escutcheon. Near at hand | |
| See the log-cabin in the rough clearing stand; | |
| A woman by its door, with steadfast sight, | |
| Trustful, looks Westward, where, uplifted bright, | 5 |
| Some city’s Apparition, weird and grand, | |
| In dazzling quiet fronts the lonely land, | |
| With vast and marvellous structures wrought of light, | |
| Motionless on the burning cloud afar: | |
| The haunting vision of a time to be, | 10 |
| After the heroic age is ended here, | |
| Built on the boundless, still horizon’s bar | |
| By the low sun, his gorgeous prophecy | |
| Lighting the doorway of the pioneer! | |
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