Love

To C. E. G. on Her Birthday

by Mary E. Coleridge 1861–1907

From Poems (1908)

Love

Thy little destiny
Hits the bright stars on high,
Strikes roots into the deep.
Waking, thou dost not know
What armies with thee go,
Who slumbers in thy sleep.

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Coleridge, Mary E. “To C. E. G. on Her Birthday.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/153/.

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Coleridge, Mary E. “To C. E. G. on Her Birthday.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/153/.

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