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Title: The Loom of Life

Author: Cotton Noe

Release Date: August 3, 2009 [EBook #29587]

Language: English

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THE
LOOM OF LIFE

COTTON NOE

_Author of "The Blood of
Rachel and Other Poems"_

[Illustration]

RICHARD G. BADGER
THE GORHAM PRESS
BOSTON

Copyright, 1917, by Richard G. Badger
All Rights Reserved

THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, U. S. A.

TO
SIDNEY STANFILL NOE

Like her who wrought at the Old-fashioned Loom,
And toiled at Distaff and Wheel,--
The grace of the Lily, the breath of its bloom,--
The flame of the Martyr's zeal,--
She has woven the Web of a beautiful Life--
Oh, consecrate LOVE, my WIFE, my WIFE!

NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION

The Loom of Life was published late in 1912. It has had an unusual
sale for a first volume of poetry, and there is still a steady demand
for the book, which has been out of print for some months. This
Second Edition is issued to meet that demand.

THE PUBLISHER

CONTENTS

Proem 11

A SKEIN OF SILVER

The Old-Fashioned Loom 15
The Old Old Clock 17
The Old Spinning Wheel 18
The Old Water Mill 20
Waterloo 22
In the Happy Long Ago 24
The Old Drinking Gourd 25

A SPOOL OF SILK

Solitude 29
Love's Triumph 3