Poems (Coates 1916)/Volume I/Natura Benigna
NATURA BENIGNA
I WEAVE the beginning, I fashion the end;
Life is my fellow, and Death is my friend;
Time cannot stay me,
Nor evil betray me,—
They that would harm me, unknowing, defend.
I ravel asunder, I knit every flaw;
Blossoms I scatter, with tempests I awe;
Birthplace of duty,
And shrine of all beauty,—
Firmly I govern, and love is my law!