THE COAT WITHOUT A SEAM And Other Poems
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
A CHANT OF LOVE FOR ENGLAND AND OTHER POEMS
A volume of miscellaneous poems containing as its title poem a reply to the German “Hymn of Hate.”
“Firmly and finely fashioned, and unaffectedly sincere.”—The New York Times.
“Miss Cone’s verse shows a delicacy of imagination which is deserving of high praise.”—The Outlook.
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NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 Fifth Avenue
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THE COAT WITHOUT A SEAM And Other Poems
BY HELEN GRAY CONE Author of “A Chant of Love for England, and Other Poems”
NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 Fifth Avenue
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Copyright 1919, by E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
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Grateful acknowledgment is made, for permission to reprint some of the poems in this book, to Scribner’s Magazine, The Outlook, The Sonnet, The New York Evening Post, The New York Times, The Boston Evening Transcript, and The Association Monthly.
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THE COAT WITHOUT A SEAM
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SONNETS OF THE GREAT PEACE
I
II
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III
IV
V
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MOODS OF WAR
THE SWORD
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ALIGNED
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EARTH-BROWN ARMIES
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THE IMPERATIVE
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WAR-SACRIFICE
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THE YOUTH AND WAR
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MOTHERS OF SOLDIERS
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A REPRISAL
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ON THE DEATH OF AN UNTRIED SOLDIER
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THE AIRMAN
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TO FRANCIS LEDWIDGE
(Killed in action, July 31, 1917)
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THE WAY OF THE WHITE SOULS
(To the Memory of Joyce Kilmer, killed in action, July 30, 1918)
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RESPITE
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HAPPY COUNTRY
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TO FRANCE
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TO BELGIUMCROWNED WITH THORNS
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THE CREED OF AN AMERICAN
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THE ULTIMATE VICTORY
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ROOSEVELT, 1919
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THE QUIET DAYS
OLD BURYING HILL
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HEARTBREAK ROAD
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ROMANCE
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FAITH
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INTIMATIONS
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ON THE SINGING OF “GAUDEAMUS IGITUR”
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THE COUNTERSIGN
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FAILURE TRIUMPHANT
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THE SPARK
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FOXGLOVES
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THE CHRISTMAS BAGPIPES
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WHEN THE ROSES GO DOWN TO THE SEA
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RITUAL FOR SUMMER DEAD
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RED OCTOBER
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THE SINGER CHOOSES THE SONGS OF THE WIND
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THE GLEAM TRAVELS
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THE GRAY VICTORY
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FLAGS AND THE SKY
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