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Sara Teasdale on Valentine's Day

1884–1933 United States

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11 quotes

Oh, beauty, are you not enough?
Why am I crying after love?

Rivers to the Sea (1915)

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.

Helen of Troy and Other Poems (1911)

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.

Helen of Troy and Other Poems (1911)

Beauty more than bitterness, makes the heart break

Love Songs (1917)

Forever
Seek for Beauty, she only
Fights with man against Death!

Flame and Shadow (1920)

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.

Helen of Troy and Other Poems (1911)

I would live in your love as the sea-grasses live in the sea,
Borne up by each wave as it passes, drawn down by each wave that recedes.

Helen of Troy and Other Poems (1911)

With the man I love who loves me not
I walked in the street-lamps' flare —
But oh, the girls who can ask for love
In the lights of Union Square.

Helen of Troy and Other Poems (1911)

But oh, to him I loved
Who loved me not at all,
I owe the little open gate
That led thru heaven's wall.

Rivers to the Sea (1915)

I lift my heart as spring lifts up
A yellow daisy to the rain;
My heart will be a lovely cup
Altho' it holds but pain.
For I shall learn from flower and leaf
That color every drop they hold,
To change the lifeless wine of grief
To living gold.

Rivers to the Sea (1915)

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?

Flame and Shadow (1920)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sara Teasdale (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.