| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 989. Duality |
| | | By Arthur Sherburne Hardy |
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| WITHIN me are two souls that pity each | |
| The other for the ends they seek, yet smile | |
| Forgiveness, as two friends that love the while | |
| The folly against which each feigns to preach. | |
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| And while one barters in the market-place, | 5 |
| Or drains the cup before the tavern fire, | |
| The other, winged with a divine desire, | |
| Searches the solitary wastes of space. | |
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| And if o’ercome with pleasure this one sleeps, | |
| The other steals away to lay its ear | 10 |
| Upon some lip just cold, perchance to hear | |
| Those wondrous secrets which it knows—and keeps. | |
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