| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1391. A Tribute of Grasses |
| | | To W. W. |
| | | By Hamlin Garland |
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| SERENE, vast head, with silver cloud of hair | |
| Lined on the purple dusk of death, | |
| A stern medallion, velvet set— | |
| Old Norseman, throned, not chained upon thy chair, | |
| Thy grasp of hand, thy hearty breath | 5 |
| Of welcome thrills me yet | |
| As when I faced thee there! | |
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| Loving my plain as thou thy sea, | |
| Facing the East as thou the West, | |
| I bring a handful of grass to thee,— | 10 |
| The prairie grasses I know the best; | |
| Type of the wealth and width of the plain, | |
| Strong of the strength of the wind and sleet, | |
| Fragrant with sunlight and cool with rain, | |
| I bring it and lay it low at thy feet, | 15 |
| Here by the eastern sea. | |
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