| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 561. Landor |
| | | By John Albee |
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| COME, Walter Savage Landor, come this way; | |
| Step through the lintel low, with prose or verse, | |
| Tallest of latter men; the early star | |
| And latest setting sun of great compeers; | |
| Through youth, through manhood, and extremest age, | 5 |
| Strong at the root, and at the top, blossoms | |
| Perennial. When culled the fields around | |
| Still calling up the great for wisest talk, | |
| Or singing clear some fresh, melodious stave, | |
| Not sickly-sweet, but like ripe autumn fruit, | 10 |
| Of which not one but all the senses taste, | |
| And leave uncloyed the dainty appetite. | |
| Great English master of poetic art, | |
| In these late times that dandle every muse, | |
| Here mayst thou air all day thine eloquence, | 15 |
| And I a never weary listener, | |
| If thou at eve wilt sing one witty song, | |
| Or chant some line of cadenced, classic hymn. | |
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