| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1296. The Spirit of the Maine |
| | | By Tudor Jenks |
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| IN battle-line of sombre gray | |
| Our ships-of-war advance, | |
| As Red Cross Knights in holy fray | |
| Charged with avenging lance. | |
| And terrible shall be thy plight, | 5 |
| O fleet of cruel Spain! | |
| For ever in our van doth fight | |
| The spirit of the Maine! | |
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| As when beside Regillus Lake | |
| The Great Twin Brethren came | 10 |
| A righteous fight for Rome to make | |
| Against the Deed of Shame— | |
| So now a ghostly ship shall doom | |
| The fleet of treacherous Spain: | |
| Before her guilty soul doth loom | 15 |
| The spirit of the Maine! | |
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| A wraith arrayed in peaceful white, | |
| As when asleep she lay | |
| Above the traitorous mine that night | |
| Within Havana Bay, | 20 |
| She glides before the avenging fleet, | |
| A sign of woe to Spain. | |
| Brave though her sons, how shall they meet | |
| The spirit of the Maine! | |
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