Sara Teasdale quotes

Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings, And children's faces looking up Holding wonder like a cup. (Sara Teasdale)
No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed. View quote
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There is no sign of leaf or bud, A hush is over everything - Silent as women wait for love, The world is waiting for the spring. View quote
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For tho' I know he loves me, To-night my heart is sad; His kiss was not so wonderful As all the dreams I had. View quote
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Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break. View quote
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Ah, Aphrodite, if I sing no more To thee, God's daughter, powerful as God, It is that thou hast made my life too sweet To hold the added sweetness of a song. There is a quiet at the heart of love, And I have pierced the pain and come to peace. View quote
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Spend all you have for loveliness, Buy it and never count the cost; For one white singing hour of peace Count many a year of strife well lost, And for a breath of ecstasy Give all you have been, or could be. View quote
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I am alone, as though I stood On the highest peak of the tired gray world, About me only swirling snow, Above me, endless space unfurled; With earth hidden and heaven hidden, And only my own spirit's pride To keep me from the peace of those Who are not lonely, having died. View quote
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Oh, beauty, are you not enough? Why am I crying after love? View quote
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Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree If mankind perished utterly;And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, Would scarcely know that we were gone. View quote
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But oh, to him I loved Who loved me not at all, I owe the little open gate That led thru heaven's wall. (Sara Teasdale)
It will not hurt me when I am old, A running tide where moonlight burned Will not sting me like silver snakes; The years will make me sad and cold, It is the happy heart that breaks. View quote
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If I am peaceful, I shall see Beauty's face continually; Feeding on her wine and bread I shall be wholly comforted, For she can make one day for me Rich as my lost eternity. View quote
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The window-lights, myriads and myriads, Bloom from the walls like climbing flowers. View quote
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When I am dead and over me bright April Shakes out her rain-drenched hair, Tho' you should lean above me broken-hearted, I shall not care. I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful When rain bends down the bough, And I shall be more silent and cold-hearted Than you are now. View quote
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Oh Earth, you gave me all I have, I love you, I love you, - oh what have I That I can give you in return - Except my body after I die? View quote
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Life is but thought. View quote
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I should be glad of loneliness And hours that go on broken wings, A thirsty body, a tired heart And the unchanging ache of things, If I could make a single song As lovely and as full of light, As hushed and brief as a falling star On a winter night. View quote
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The greenish sky glows up in misty reds, The purple shadows turn to brick and stone, The dreams wear thin, men turn upon their beds, And hear the milk-cart jangle by alone. View quote
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I try to catch at many a tune Like petals of light fallen from the moon, Broken and bright on a dark lagoon,But they float away - for who can hold Youth, or perfume or the moon's gold? View quote
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I am the pool of gold When sunset burns and dies,- You are my deepening skies, Give me your stars to hold. (Sara Teasdale)
Make songs for Death as you would sing to Love - But you will not assuage him. He alone Of all the gods will take no gifts from men. View quote
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Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery. View quote
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O lovely chance, what can I do To give my gratefulness to you? You rise between myself and me With a wise persistency; I would have broken body and soul, But by your grace, still I am whole. View quote
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But you I never understood, Your spirit's secret hides like gold Sunk in a Spanish galleon Ages ago in waters cold. View quote
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