| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1738. Dryad Song |
| | | By Margaret Fuller |
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| I AM immortal! I know it! I feel it! | |
| Hope floods my heart with delight! | |
| Running on air mad with life dizzy, reeling, | |
| Upward I mount,—faith is sight, life is feeling, | |
| Hope is the day-star of might! | 5 |
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| It was thy kiss, Love, that made me immortal,— | |
| “ ‘Kiss,’ Love? Our lips have not met!” | |
| Ah, but I felt thy soul through night’s portal, | |
| Swoon on my lips at night’s sweet, silent portal, | |
| Wild and as sweet as regret. | 10 |
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| Come, let us mount on the wings of the morning, | |
| Flying for joy of the flight, | |
| Wild with all longing, now soaring, now staying, | |
| Mingling like day and dawn, swinging and swaying, | |
| Hung like a cloud in the light: | 15 |
| I am immortal! I feel it! I feel it! | |
| Love bears me up, love is might! | |
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| Chance cannot touch me! Time cannot hush me! | |
| Fear, Hope, and Longing, at strife, | |
| Sink as I rise, on, on, upward forever, | 20 |
| Gathering strength, gaining breath,—naught can sever | |
| Me from the Spirit of Life! | |
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