| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 377. After an Interval |
| | | (November 22, 1875, Midnight—Saturn and Mars in Conjunction) |
| | | By Walt Whitman |
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| AFTER an interval, reading, here in the midnight, | |
| With the great stars looking on—all the stars of Orion looking, | |
| And the silent Pleiades—and the duo looking of Saturn and ruddy Mars; | |
| Pondering, reading my own songs, after a long interval, (sorrow and death familiar now) | |
| Ere closing the book, what pride! what joy! to find them | 5 |
| Standing so well the test of death and night, | |
| And the duo of Saturn and Mars! | |
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