| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1649. Yuki |
| | | By Mary McNeil Fenollosa |
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| WHEN cherry flowers begin to blow | |
| With Yuki’s face beneath them, | |
| The richest petals lose their glow, | |
| And small buds haste to sheath them. | |
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| When blue wistaria hangs its head | 5 |
| And Yuki leans above it, | |
| The swallow flits discomforted,— | |
| With none to see or love it. | |
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| When lotus blossoms open wide, | |
| And beckon men to dreaming, | 10 |
| My Yuki smiles,—and all their pride | |
| Is but a perfumed seeming. | |
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| When snow is white on moat and tree | |
| And crusts each bamboo feather, | |
| My Yuki lifts her eyes to me,— | 15 |
| ’T is all I know of weather. | |
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