| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 891. In Galilee |
| | | By Mary Frances Butts |
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| ROMAN and Jew upon one level lie; | |
| Great Herod’s palaces are ground to dust; | |
| Upon the synagogues are mould and rust; | |
| Night winds among the tottering columns sigh; | |
| Yet sparrows through the massive ruins fly, | 5 |
| And o’er the sacred earth’s embroidered crust | |
| Still goes the sower forth to sow, still must | |
| The shepherd with his sheep sit listlessly. | |
| There towers the mountain where the Teacher spake | |
| In those old times the sweet Beatitudes, | 10 |
| Surviving kings and codes, fair words and feuds. | |
| There creeps the Jordan to its destined lake, | |
| The fisher casts his net into the sea, | |
| And still the lilies bloom in Galilee. | |
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