| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1519. Before the Rain |
| | | By Amélie Troubetzkoy |
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| THE BLACKCAPS pipe among the reeds, | |
| And there ’ll be rain to follow; | |
| There is a murmur as of wind | |
| In every coign and hollow; | |
| The wrens do chatter of their fears | 5 |
| While swinging on the barley-ears. | |
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| Come, hurry, while there yet is time, | |
| Pull up thy scarlet bonnet. | |
| Now, sweetheart, as my love is thine, | |
| There is a drop upon it. | 10 |
| So trip it ere the storm-hag weird | |
| Doth pluck the barley by the beard! | |
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| Lo! not a whit too soon we’re housed; | |
| The storm-witch yells above us; | |
| The branches rapping on the panes | 15 |
| Seem not in truth to love us. | |
| And look where through the clover bush | |
| The nimble-footed rain doth rush! | |
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