| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 463. Two Paths |
| | | By Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr |
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| A PATH across a meadow fair and sweet, | |
| Where clover-blooms the lithesome grasses greet, | |
| A path worn smooth by his impetuous feet. | |
| A straight, swift path—and at its end, star | |
| Gleaming behind the lilac’s fragrant bar, | 5 |
| And her soft eyes, more luminous by far! | |
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| A path across the meadow fair and sweet, | |
| Still sweet and fair where blooms and grasses meet— | |
| A path worn smooth by his reluctant feet. | |
| A long, straight path—and, at its end, a gate | 10 |
| Behind whose bars she doth in silence wait | |
| To keep the tryst, if he come soon or late! | |
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