Mine and Thine (1904)/United

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by Florence Earle Coates		 Philistia→
The first stanza of this poem is reused by Mrs. Coates in another poem entitled, "Secure"—published in The Unconquered Air, and Other Poems (1912).


Our single lives are circled round

   By an embracing sea ;

Are joined to all that has been, bound

   To all that is to be :

The past and future meet and cross,

And in life's ocean is no loss.


The music of the summer dawn,

   The silence of the midnight sky,

The stars, in azure desps withdrawn,

   Reveal a single mystery :

And blent with these, the whisperings

   Of spirit find each shy retreat,

And link the soul with viewless things,

   In union close and sweet.


Failure itself may count as gain

   In aspiration ; paved with fire

May be the path that leads from pain ;

   And unfulfilled desire

May kindle that pure flame above

Whose earthly name is love !


PD-icon.svg This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923.

The author died in 1927, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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