| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1718. Whither |
| | | By Philip Becker Goetz |
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| AGNES, thou child of harmony, now fled | |
| From scenes once bright-illumined with thy smile, | |
| So innocent and kind, free from the guile | |
| Of Orient charm, mysterious and dread,— | |
| Where shall I seek thee, maid? Thou art not dead. | 5 |
| No, Nature’s heart would break, count all else vile, | |
| Bereft of thee e’en for a little while. | |
| Where art thou, then? Hast to the violet sped | |
| That with its gentle blue bespeaks thine eye? | |
| To rippling stream, the echo of thy voice? | 10 |
| To wooing wind that, kissing, says ‘Rejoice!’ | |
| Or to the rosebush with its fainting sigh, | |
| ‘Ah! too lovely for a season long!’— | |
| Or, art thou on fair angel lips a song? | |
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