| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1717. Darkness |
| | | By James Naumberg Rosenberg |
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| OFT have I stood upon the foaming strand | |
| Watching the moonlight tremble on the sea; | |
| Oft have I seen the stars fade silently | |
| When gleaming dawn drove night across the land; | |
| Oft have I watched the storm lift o’er the sand | 5 |
| The ocean in his might and majesty; | |
| Now are these joys a mockery to me | |
| Since on mine eyes, God, Thou hast laid Thine Hand. | |
| Have I too much exulted in the light, | |
| Forgetting Thee from whom these glories rise, | 10 |
| That Thou hast struck me with this darkling blight, | |
| Robbed me of day and of the sunny skies, | |
| Transforming them into continuous night,— | |
| Is it for this that Thou hast shut mine eyes? | |
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