Poems (1898)/Love Conquers Death

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632511Poems (1898) — Love Conquers DeathFlorence Earle Coates

LOVE CONQUERS DEATH

Love conquers Death by night and day,
Beguiles him long of his destined prey;
And when, at last, that seems to perish
Which he hath striven still to cherish,
Love plucks the soul from the fallen clay.


Death is not master, but Love's slave:
He smites the timid and the brave;
Yet as he fares, with sweet low laughter,
Love, the sower, follows after,
Scattering seed in each new-made grave!