| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1227. Feminine |
| | | By Henry Cuyler Bunner |
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| SHE might have known it in the earlier Spring,— | |
| That all my heart with vague desire was stirred; | |
| And, ere the Summer winds had taken wing, | |
| I told her; but she smiled and said no word. | |
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| The Autumn’s eager hand his red gold grasped, | 5 |
| And she was silent; till from skies grown drear | |
| Fell soft one fine, first snow-flake, and she clasped | |
| My neck and cried, “Love, we have lost a year!” | |
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