Poems (Coates 1916)/Volume I/Life (Coates 2)

by Florence Earle Coates

For works with similar titles, see Life.

Not to be confused with Life (Coates, "Before we knew thee thou wert with us; ay").

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!