The Years

uswritten by Sara Teasdale

To-night I close my eyes and see
A strange procession passing me--
The years before I saw your face
Go by me with a wistful grace;
They pass, the sensitive, shy years,
As one who strives to dance, half blind with tears.

The years went by and never knew
That each one brought me nearer you;
Their path was narrow and apart
And yet it led me to your heart--
Oh, sensitive, shy years, oh, lonely years,
That strove to sing with voices drowned in tears.



Sara Teasdale

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Blue Squills

uswritten by Sara Teasdale, published on Mon 01.10.2011 at 14:23

How many million Aprils came
Before I ever knew
How white a cherry bough could be,
A bed of squills, how blue.

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In the Train

uswritten by Sara Teasdale, published on Tue 12.28.2010 at 07:54

Fields beneath a quilt of snow
From which the rocks and stubble sleep,
And in the west a shy white star

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Alchemy

uswritten by Sara Teasdale, published on Sat 12.04.2010 at 01:56

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.

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Roundel

uswritten by Sara Teasdale, published on Fri 12.03.2010 at 01:16

If he could know my songs are all for him,
At silver dawn or in the evening glow,
Would he not smile and think it but a whim,

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A Maiden

uswritten by Sara Teasdale, published on Wed 12.01.2010 at 13:30

Oh if I were the velvet rose
Upon the red rose vine,
I'd climb to touch his window
And make his casement fine.

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Pity

uswritten by Sara Teasdale, published on Tue 11.23.2010 at 02:25

They never saw my lover's face,
They only know our love was brief,
Wearing awhile a windy grace

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