| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 932. Walt Whitman |
| | | By Francis Howard Williams |
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| DARKNESS and death? Nay, Pioneer, for thee | |
| The day of deeper vision has begun; | |
| There is no darkness for the central sun | |
| Nor any death for immortality. | |
| At last the song of all fair songs that be, | 5 |
| At last the guerdon of a race well run, | |
| The upswelling joy to know the victory won, | |
| The river’s rapture when it finds the sea. | |
| Ah, thou art wrought in an heroic mould, | |
| The modern man upon whose brow yet stays | 10 |
| A gleam of glory from the age of gold,— | |
| A diadem which all the gods have kissed. | |
| Hail and farewell! flower of the antique days,— | |
Democracy’s divine protagonist.
March 26, 1892. | |
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