| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 851. Poet and Lark |
| | | By Mary Ainge De Vere (“Madeline Bridges”) |
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| WHEN leaves turn outward to the light, | |
| And all the roads are fringed with green, | |
| When larks are pouring, high, unseen, | |
| The joy they find in song and flight, | |
| Then I, too, with the lark would wing | 5 |
| My little flight, and, soaring, sing. | |
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| When larks drop downward to the nest, | |
| And day drops downward to the sea, | |
| And song and wing are fain to rest, | |
| The lark’s dear wisdom guideth me, | 10 |
| And I too turn within my door, | |
| Content to dream, and sing no more. | |
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