Poems (Coates 1916)/Volume I/A Little Song

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A LITTLE SONG

ROSES are but for a day,  Amaranths endure forever; Joys there be that fade away,  Dreams that perish never; But, whate'er the future's holding,— Crown of all, all else enfolding,—   Love lives on! Well they know, who with content  Hear his oft-repeated story, How to earthly glooms are lent  Reflexes of glory! Rapture's first and final giver, Star of Charon's rayless river,—   Love lives on!