| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | The Overflowing Cup | | By Andrew Bice Saxton |
| | | INTO the crystal chalice of the soul | |
| Is falling, drop by drop, Life’s blending mead. | |
| The pleasant waters of our childhood speed | |
| And enter first; and Love pours in its whole | |
| Deep flood of tenderness and gall. There roll | 5 |
| The drops of sweet and bitter that proceed | |
| From wedded trustfulness, and hearts that bleed | |
| For children that outrun us to the goal. | |
| And later come the calmer joys of age— | |
| The restful streams of quietude that flow | 10 |
| Around their fading lives, whose heritage | |
| Is whitened locks and voice serene and low. | |
| These added blessings round the vessel up— | |
| Death is the overflowing of the cup. | | | | |
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