| Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson. 1803–1882 |
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| 41. To Eva |
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| O FAIR and stately maid, whose eyes | |
| Were kindled in the upper skies | |
| At the same torch that lighted mine; | |
| For so I must interpret still | |
| Thy sweet dominion o'er my will, | 5 |
| A sympathy divine. | |
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| Ah! let me blameless gaze upon | |
| Features that seem at heart my own; | |
| Nor fear those watchful sentinels, | |
| Who charm the more their glance forbids, | 10 |
| Chaste-glowing, underneath their lids, | |
| With fire that draws while it repels. | |
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