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

By Charles HenryLuders

1320 An Old Thought

FRAMED in the cavernous fire-place sits a boy,

Watching the embers from his grandsire’s knee:

One sees red castles rise, and laughs with joy;

The other marks them crumble, silently.