| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1235. Love and Poverty |
| | | By Elisabeth (Cabazza) Pullen |
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| ONE sat within a hung and lighted room— | |
| A little shape, with face between his wings, | |
| And in the light made of all golden things | |
| He seemed a warm and living rose abloom; | |
| And one without sobbed in the night and gloom, | 5 |
| And all about him was a pilgrim’s weed, | |
| His little hands and cold he held for meed | |
| Of his long waiting, sad as by a tomb: | |
| He entered at the door, the other flew | |
| Out at the casement—and with sudden day | 10 |
| The lamps burned faint, and he who came most new | |
| Was fair, and he who went was wan and gray. | |
| “For I am Love who came,” and “Be content,” | |
| Sang this one, “It was Poverty who went!” | |
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