| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 676. An Irish Wild-Flower |
| | | (A Barefoot Child by ——— Castle) |
| | | By Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt |
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| SHE felt, I think, but as a wild-flower can, | |
| Through her bright fluttering rags, the dark, the cold. | |
| Some farthest star, remembering what man | |
| Forgets, had warmed her little head with gold. | |
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| Above her, hollow-eyed, long blind to tears, | 5 |
| Leaf-cloaked, a skeleton of stone arose…. | |
| O castle-shadow of a thousand years, | |
| Where you have fallen—is this the thing that grows? | |
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