| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 797. The Wayside |
| | | By James Herbert Morse |
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| THERE are some quiet ways— | |
| Ay, not a few— | |
| Where the affections grow, | |
| And noble days | |
| Distil a gentle praise | 5 |
| That, as cool dew, | |
| Or aromatic gums | |
| Within a bower, | |
| In after-times becomes | |
| A calm, perennial dower. | 10 |
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| There wayside bush and briar! | |
| These lend a grace, | |
| Flashing a glad assent | |
| To sweet desire. | |
| All their interior choir | 15 |
| The woodlands place | |
| At service to command; | |
| Man need not know, | |
| In such a favored land, | |
| The ways that proud folk go. | 20 |
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| Perhaps the day may be, | |
| Dear heart of mine, | |
| When riches press too near | |
| Outside, and we, | |
| To live unfettered, flee | 25 |
| The great and fine, | |
| And hide our little home | |
| In some deep grove, | |
| Where they alone may come | |
| Who only come for love. | 30 |
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