Lyrics of Life (1909)/Song : "Sweet is the Birth of Love"

by Florence Earle Coates

For other versions of this work, see Song: "Sweet is the Birth of Love".

SONG

SWEET IS THE BIRTH OF LOVE

Sweet is the birth of love, and the awaking,
⁠⁠The bashful dream, the faltering desire,
The vision fair—of all fair things partaking—
⁠⁠The wonder, the communicable fire:
Sweet is the need to give and to obtain,—
⁠⁠And sweet love's pain!