| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1107. As a Bell in a Chime |
| | | By Robert Underwood Johnson |
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| AS a bell in a chime | |
| Sets its twin-note a-ringing, | |
| As one poet’s rhyme | |
| Wakes another to singing, | |
| So, once she has smiled, | 5 |
| All your thoughts are beguiled, | |
| And flowers and song from your childhood are bringing. | |
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| Though moving through sorrow | |
| As the star through the night, | |
| She needs not to borrow, | 10 |
| She lavishes, light. | |
| The path of yon star | |
| Seemeth dark but afar: | |
| Like hers it is sure, and like hers it is bright. | |
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| Each grace is a jewel | 15 |
| Would ransom the town; | |
| Her speech has no cruel, | |
| Her praise is renown; | |
| ’T is in her as though Beauty, | |
| Resigning to Duty | 20 |
| The sceptre, had still kept the purple and crown. | |
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