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

By Louise ImogenGuiney

1418 Pax Paganica

GOOD oars, for Arnold’s sake,

By Laleham lightly bound,

And near the bank, O soft,

Darling swan!

Let not the o’erweary wake

Anew from natal ground,

But where he slumbered oft,

Slumber on.

Be less than boat or bird,

The pensive stream along;

No murmur make, nor gleam,

At his side.

Where was it he had heard

Of warfare and of wrong?—

Not there, in any dream

Since he died.