| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1594. The Soul of Man |
| | | By Dora Read Goodale |
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| SAY, in a hut of mean estate | |
| A light just glimmers and then is gone, | |
| Nature is seen to hesitate,— | |
| Put forth and then retract her pawn; | |
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| Say, in the alembic of an eye | 5 |
| Haughty is mixed with poor and low; | |
| Say, Truth herself is not so high | |
| But Error laughs to see her so; | |
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| Say, all that strength failed in its trust; | |
| Say, all that wit crept but a span; | 10 |
| Say, ’t is a drop spilled in the dust,— | |
| And then say brother—then say man! | |
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