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

By Julia Caroline RipleyDorr

463 Two Paths

A PATH across a meadow fair and sweet,

Where clover-blooms the lithesome grasses greet,

A path worn smooth by his impetuous feet.

A straight, swift path—and at its end, star

Gleaming behind the lilac’s fragrant bar,

And her soft eyes, more luminous by far!

A path across the meadow fair and sweet,

Still sweet and fair where blooms and grasses meet—

A path worn smooth by his reluctant feet.

A long, straight path—and, at its end, a gate

Behind whose bars she doth in silence wait

To keep the tryst, if he come soon or late!