COTTON NOE
Reading edition
Author of "The Blood of Rachel and Other Poems"
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!