Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By WinifredHowells

1528 Forthfaring

I TRIPPED along a narrow way,

Plucking the same flowers, day by day;

The sun which round about me lay

Had never seemed to sink.

But now at once the path divides;

I see new flowers bloom on all sides;

I stop, while doubt the sun half hides:

I have begun to think.