| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1598. A Song with a Discord |
| | | By Arthur Colton |
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| THOUGH Winter come with dripping skies, | |
| And laden winds and strong, | |
| Yet I ’ll read summer in her eyes | |
| Whose voice is summer’s song. | |
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| Who grieves because the world is old, | 5 |
| Or cares how long it last, | |
| If no gray threads are in our gold, | |
| The shade our marbles cast, | |
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| How, creeping near, we may not see? | |
| Time’s heirs are Love and I, | 10 |
| And spend our minted days—Ah, me! | |
| For anything they ’ll buy. | |
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