| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1021. My Other Me |
| | | By Grace Denio Litchfield |
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| CHILDREN, do you ever, | |
| In walks by land or sea, | |
| Meet a little maiden | |
| Long time lost to me! | |
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| She is gay and gladsome, | 5 |
| Has a laughing face, | |
| And a heart as sunny; | |
| And her name is Grace. | |
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| Naught she knows of sorrow, | |
| Naught of doubt or blight; | 10 |
| Heaven is just above her— | |
| All her thoughts are white. | |
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| Long time since I lost her, | |
| That other Me of mine; | |
| She crossed into Time’s shadow | 15 |
| Out of Youth’s sunshine. | |
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| Now the darkness keeps her; | |
| And, call her as I will, | |
| The years that lie between us | |
| Hide her from me still. | 20 |
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| I am dull and pain-worn, | |
| And lonely as can be— | |
| Oh, children, if you meet her, | |
| Send back my other Me! | |
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