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Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Little Book of Modern Verse. 1917.

Florence Earle Coates

Song

IF love were but a little thing—

Strange love, which, more than all, is great—

One might not such devotion bring,

Early to serve and late.

If love were but a passing breath—

Wild love—which, as God knows, is sweet—

One might not make of life and death

A pillow for love’s feet.