| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 162. Days |
| | | By Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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| DAUGHTERS of Time, the hypocritic Days, | |
| Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes, | |
| And marching single in an endless file, | |
| Bring diadems and fagots in their hands. | |
| To each they offer gifts after his will, | 5 |
| Bread, kingdoms, stars, and sky that holds them all. | |
| I, in my pleachëd garden, watched the pomp, | |
| Forgot my morning wishes, hastily | |
| Took a few herbs and apples, and the Day | |
| Turned and departed silent. I, too late, | 10 |
| Under her solemn fillet saw the scorn. | |
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