| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | On a Garden Statue of Persephone | | By Maurice Thompson (1844–1901) |
| | | AND thou that by the poppy bloom dost stand | |
| Robed in the dusky garments of the south, | |
| With slumber in thine eyes and on thy mouth, | |
| Sandalled with silence, having in thy hand | |
| A philter for Death and a sleep-bearing wand, | 5 |
| Bringest thou the immitigable fire and drouth? | |
| No; for thy shadowy hair is full of balm, | |
| Thy philter is delight, thy wand gives rest. | |
| See, now I fold my hands upon my breast! | |
| Come, touch me with thy cool and soothing palm, | 10 |
| Lull me to measureless sleep, ineffable calm, | |
| And bear me to thy garden in the west, | |
| Beyond whose ever-clouded confine lies | |
| A sweet, illimitable paradise! | | | | |
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