Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889
The Sunshine of Thine Eyes
By George Parsons Lathrop (1851–1898)T
(O still, celestial beam!)
Whatever it touches it fills
With the life of its lambent gleam.
Oh, let if fall on me!
Though I be but a mote of the air,
I could turn to gold for thee.