| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1455. Carlyle and Emerson |
| | | By Montgomery Schuyler |
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| A BALE-FIRE kindled in the night, | |
| By night a blaze, by day a cloud, | |
| With flame and smoke all England woke,— | |
| It climbed so high, it roared so loud: | |
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| While over Massachusetts’ pines | 5 |
| Uprose a white and steadfast star; | |
| And many a night it hung unwatched,— | |
| It shone so still, it seemed so far. | |
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| But Light is Fire, and Fire is Light; | |
| And mariners are glad for these,— | 10 |
| The torch that flares along the coast, | |
| The star beams above the seas. | |
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