| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 3. Epitaph |
| | | From “The Fading Rose” |
| | | By Philip Freneau |
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| HERE—for they could not help but die— | |
| The daughters of the Rose-Bush lie: | |
| Here rest, interred without a stone, | |
| What dear Lucinda gave to none,— | |
| What forward beau, or curious belle, | 5 |
| Could hardly touch, and rarely smell. | |
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| Dear Rose! of all the blooming kind | |
| You had a happier place assigned, | |
| And nearer grew to all that ’s fair, | |
| And more engaged Lucinda’s care, | 10 |
| Than ever courting, coaxing swain, | |
| Or ever all who love, shall gain. | |
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