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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Charles HenryPhelps

1104 Rare Moments

EACH of us is like Balboa: once in all our lives do we,

Gazing from some tropic summit, look upon an unknown sea;

But upon the dreary morrow, every way our footsteps seek,

Rank and tangled vine and jungle block our pathway to the peak.