Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdalewas an American lyric poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger after her marriage in 1914...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth8 August 1884
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
dream sleep eye
Love said, "Wake still and think of me," Sleep, "Close your eyes till break of day," But Dreams came by and smilingly Gave both to Love and Sleep their way.
love-you giving body
Oh Earth, you gave me all I have, I love you, I love you, - oh what have IThat I can give you in return - Except my body after I die?
grief heart blow
The grass is waking in the ground, / Soon it will rise and blow in waves - / How can it have the heart to sway / Over the graves, / New graves?
stars heart night
Love in my heart is a cry forever Lost as the swallow's flight, Seeking for you and never, never Stilled by the stars at night
suicide rain suicidal
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.
pain rain dark
My soul is a dark ploughed field In the cold rain; My soul is a broken field Ploughed by pain.
spring april
I could not be so sure of Spring / Save that it sings in me.
happiness beauty joy
Oh who can tell the range of joy or set the bounds of beauty?
beauty heart bitterness
Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break.
wisdom results investigation
Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.
love pain heart
There is a quiet at the heart of love, And I have pierced the pain and come to peace.
broken-heart wise wisdom
It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.
tired heart autumn
My heart is a garden tired with autumn.
morning cheer sea
There in the windy flood of morning Longing lifted its weight from me, Lost as a sob in the midst of cheering, Swept as a sea-bird out to sea.