| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 726. Christine |
| | | By John Hay |
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| THE BEAUTY of the northern dawns, | |
| Their pure, pale light is thine; | |
| Yet all the dreams of tropic nights | |
| Within thy blue eyes shine. | |
| Not statelier in their prisoning seas | 5 |
| The icebergs grandly move, | |
| But in thy smile is youth and joy, | |
| And in thy voice is love. | |
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| Thou art like Hecla’s crest that stands | |
| So lonely, proud, and high, | 10 |
| No earthly thing may come between | |
| Her summit and the sky. | |
| The sun in vain may strive to melt | |
| Her crown of virgin snow, | |
| But the great heart of the mountain glows | 15 |
| With deathless fire below. | |
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