| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1739. Sing Again |
| | | By Marie Van Vorst |
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| YOU sang me a song: | |
| ’T was the close of the year— | |
| Sing again! | |
| I cannot remember the name | |
| Or the words: | 5 |
| ’T is the same | |
| We listen to hear | |
| When the windows are open in spring, | |
| And the air’s full of birds; | |
| One calls from the branch some sweet thing, | 10 |
| And one sings on the wing | |
| The refrain. | |
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| You sang me a song | |
| My heart thrilled to hear. | |
| The refrain | 15 |
| Has run like a fillet of gold | |
| Through the woof | |
| Of the cold | |
| Dark days of a year. | |
| To-night there ’s a year at its start, | 20 |
| All the birds are aloof, | |
| Your eyes hold the sun for my part, | |
| And the Spring’s in your heart— | |
| Sing again! | |
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