| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 805. Dead in the Sierras |
| | | By Joaquin Miller |
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| HIS footprints have failed us, | |
| Where berries are red, | |
| And madroños are rankest,— | |
| The hunter is dead! | |
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| The grizzly may pass | 5 |
| By his half-open door; | |
| May pass and repass | |
| On his path, as of yore; | |
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| The panther may crouch | |
| In the leaves on his limb; | 10 |
| May scream and may scream,— | |
| It is nothing to him. | |
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| Prone, bearded, and breasted | |
| Like columns of stone; | |
| And tall as a pine— | 15 |
| As a pine overthrown! | |
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| His camp-fires gone, | |
| What else can be done | |
| Than let him sleep on | |
| Till the light of the sun? | 20 |
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| Ay, tombless! what of it? | |
| Marble is dust, | |
| Cold and repellent; | |
| And iron is rust. | |
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