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Poems (1898)/Life (Coates 2)

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632488Poems (1898) — LifeFlorence Earle Coates

LIFE

Thou art more ancient than the oldest skies,
But youth forever glances from thine eyes;
Time wars against thee, and consumes thy fires,
Yet, wingèd, thou from ashes dost arise!