| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1249. Daffodils |
| | | By Lizette Woodworth Reese |
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| FATHERED by March, the daffodils are here. | |
| First, all the air grew keen with yesterday, | |
| And once a thrush from out some hollow gray | |
| On a field’s edge, where whitening stalks made cheer, | |
| Fluted the last unto the budding year; | 5 |
| Now that the wind lets loose from orchard spray | |
| Plum bloom and peach bloom down the dripping way, | |
| Their punctual gold through the wet blades they rear. | |
| Oh, fleet and sweet! A light to all that pass | |
| Below, in the cramped yard, close to the street, | 10 |
| Long-stemmed ones flame behind the palings bare, | |
| The whole of April in a tuft of grass. | |
| Scarce here, soon will it be—oh, sweet and fleet!— | |
| Gone like a snatch of song upon the stair. | |
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