| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 662. The Night Watch |
| | | By William Winter |
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| BENEATH the midnight moon of May, | |
| Through dusk on either hand, | |
| One sheet of silver spreads the bay, | |
| One crescent jet the land; | |
| The black ships mirrored in the stream | 5 |
| Their ghostly tresses shake— | |
| When will the dead world cease to dream? | |
| When will the morning break? | |
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| Beneath a night no longer May, | |
| Where only cold stars shine, | 10 |
| One glimmering ocean spreads away | |
| This haunted life of mine; | |
| And, shattered on the frozen shore, | |
| My harp can never wake— | |
| When will this night of death be o’er? | 15 |
| When will the morning break? | |
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