| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1665. Wood-Song |
| | | By Josephine Preston Peabody |
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| LOVE must be a fearsome thing | |
| That can bind a maid | |
| Glad of life as leaves in spring, | |
| Swift and unafraid. | |
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| I could find a heart to sing | 5 |
| Death and darkness, praise or blame; | |
| But before that name, | |
| Heedfully, oh, heedfully | |
| Do I lock my breast; | |
| I am silent as a tree, | 10 |
| Guardful of the nest. | |
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| Ah, my passing Woodlander, | |
| Heard you any note? | |
| Would you find a leaf astir | |
| From a wilding throat? | 15 |
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| Surely, all the paths defer | |
| Unto such a gentle quest. | |
| Would you take the nest? | |
| Follow where the sun-motes are! | |
| Truly ’t is a sorrow | 20 |
| I must bid you fare so far; | |
| Speed you, and good-morrow! | |
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