Lyrics of Life (1909)

by Florence Earle Coates

LYRICS OF LIFE

by

FLORENCE EARLE COATES

boston and new york

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

1909

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY FLORENCE EARLE COATES

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published December 1909

TO

S. WEIR MITCHELL

PHYSICIAN, NOVELIST, AND POET
WITH ADMIRATION
AND GRATEFUL REGARD

CONTENTS

PAGE
earth's mystery	1
a traveller from altruria	2
indian-pipe	5
love, dost thou smile ?	6
the lark	7
"honor, not honors"	9
song : "sweet is the birth of love"	10
mother	11
benjamin franklin	12
leaders of men	14
helen keller with a rose	15
leave-taking	16
vestal	17
the house of pain	18
to-day	19
after the paintings by george f. watts
⁠i. love and death	21
⁠ii. love and life	23
april	24
henry wadsworth longfellow	25
before the dawn	27
ab humo	29
nocturne	30
a hero	31
amor creator	32
the mirror	33
of love	34
after the play	35
beyond	40
a farewell	41
to henry mills alden	43
song : "if love were but a little thing"	45
with breath of spring	46
a lowly parable	47
influence	49
the poet	50
l'amour fait peur	51
honor	52
eurydice	53
beauty's path	56
fritz scheel—a tribute	57
reproach not death	58
mars—1907	59
beside a pleasant shore	61
the sun-dial	62
retrospect	63
thomas bailey aldrich	65
the pilgrim	66
mother-love	69
"the sense of tears in mortal things"	70
an american at lincoln	71
affinity	73
two brothers	74
conflict and rest	78
child-fancies
⁠i. asphodel	79
⁠ii. gathered wild-flowers	80
dearth	81
mid-ocean	82
on the death of lady curzon	83
bereft	84
the martyr jews	85
le grand salut	86
inheritor	87
when you came	88
the young wife	89
song : "love never is too late"	91
the christ of the andes	92
earth's blossoms	93
echo consolatrix	94
john hay	95
privilege	97
däi nippon	98
a little song	101
the empty house	102
kindred	103
courage	105
cruel love	106
"each and all"	108
saint theresa	109
in memory of caroline furness jayne	111
After	112
the violin	113
per aspera	115
the hermit	116
thanksgiving	117
poetry	118