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

By Martha GilbertDickinson

1568 Unanswered

I WANTED you when skies were red,

And now the sky is gray;

I thought of you when shadows fled—

Now falls the end of day.

I called you when the hills were flame,

And now the hills are bare;

I sought you when the snowflakes came,

And now the swallows pair!