| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 585. The Word |
| | | By Richard Realf |
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| O EARTH! thou hast not any wind that blows | |
| Which is not music; every weed of thine | |
| Pressed rightly flows in aromatic wine; | |
| And every humble hedgerow flower that grows, | |
| And every little brown bird that doth sing, | 5 |
| Hath something greater than itself, and bears | |
| A living Word to every living thing, | |
| Albeit it hold the Message unawares. | |
| All shapes and sounds have something which is not | |
| Of them: a Spirit broods amid the grass; | 10 |
| Vague outlines of the Everlasting Thought | |
| Lie in the melting shadows as they pass; | |
| The touch of an Eternal Presence thrills | |
| The fringes of the sunsets and the hills. | |
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