Poems (Coates 1916)/Volume I/Every Heart

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770395Poems, Volume I — Every HeartFlorence Earle Coates

EVERY HEART

WHEN wintry wells are water-filled,
And killing Death itself is killed,
Then wingèd things begin to build;
And maids and men with happy birds do sing,
For every heart's a lover in the spring!


When brooklets ripple into song,
And strivings faint of life grow strong,
Then all things 'gin to dream and long;
And maids and men with wistful birds do sing,
For every heart's a poet in the spring!