| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 771. Starlight |
| | | By John White Chadwick |
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| “LOOK up,” she said; and all the heavens blazed | |
| With countless myriads of quiet stars, | |
| Whereon a moment silently he gazed, | |
| And drank that peace no trouble ever mars. | |
| Then looking down into her face upturned, | 5 |
| Two other stars that did outshine the rest | |
| Upward to him with such soft splendor yearned | |
| That all her secret was at once confessed. | |
| Then he with kisses did put out their light, | |
| And said, “O strange, but more, dear love, to me | 10 |
| Are thy pure eyes than all the stars of night | |
| That shine in heaven everlastingly! | |
| Night still is night, with every star aglow; | |
| But light were night didst thou not love me so.” | |
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