| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 880. Dead Love |
| | | By Mary Mathews Adams |
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| TWO loves had I. Now both are dead, | |
| And both are marked by tombstones white. | |
| The one stands in the churchyard near, | |
| The other hid from mortal sight. | |
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| The name on one all men may read, | 5 |
| And learn who lies beneath the stone; | |
| The other name is written where | |
| No eyes can read it but my own. | |
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| On one I plant a living flower, | |
| And cherish it with loving hands; | 10 |
| I shun the single withered leaf | |
| That tells me where the other stands. | |
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| To that white tombstone on the hill | |
| In summer days I often go; | |
| From this white stone that nearer lies | 15 |
| I turn me with unuttered woe. | |
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| O God, I pray, if love must die, | |
| And make no more of life a part, | |
| Let witness be where all can see, | |
| And not within a living heart. | 20 |
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