Sara Teasdale

(1884-1933)

"Did You Never Know?"
Did you never know, long ago, how much you loved me --
"I Am Not Yours"
I am not yours, not lost in you,
"I Have Loved Hours at Sea"
I have loved hours at sea, gray cities,
"I Thought of You"
I thought of you and how you love this beauty,
"It Is Not a Word"
It is not a word spoken,
"It Will Not Change"
It will not change now
"Like Barley Bending"
Like barley bending
"My Heart Is Heavy"
My heart is heavy with many a song
"Oh Day of Fire and Sun"
Oh day of fire and sun,
"Oh You Are Coming"
Oh you are coming, coming, coming,
"Only in Sleep"
Only in sleep I see their faces,
"The Dreams of My Heart"
The dreams of my heart and my mind pass,
"The Old Maid"
I saw her in a Broadway car,
"What Do I Care?"
What do I care, in the dreams and the languor of spring,
A Cry
Oh, there are eyes that he can see,
A November Night
There! See the line of lights,
A Prayer
Until I lose my soul and lie
A Prayer
When I am dying, let me know
A Winter Night
My window-pane is starred with frost,
After Love
There is no magic any more,
After Parting
Oh, I have sown my love so wide
Alchemy
I lift my heart as spring lifts up
Alone
I am alone, in spite of love,
April
The roofs are shining from the rain,
April Song
Willow, in your April gown
Arcturus
Arcturus brings the spring back
At Midnight
Now at last I have come to see what life is,
At Night
Love said, "Wake still and think of me,"
At Sea
In the pull of the wind I stand, lonely,
August Moonrise
The sun was gone, and the moon was coming
Barter
Life has loveliness to sell,
Because
Oh, because you never tried
Buried Love
I have come to bury Love
But Not To Me
The April night is still and sweet
Change
Remember me as I was then;
Child, Child
Child, child, love while you can
Come
Come, when the pale moon like a petal
Compensation
I should be glad of loneliness
Debt
What do I owe to you
Debtor
So long as my spirit still
Dew
As dew leaves the cobweb lightly
Dew
I dream that he is mine,
Doubt
My soul lives in my body's house,
Driftwood
My forefathers gave me
Dusk in War Time
A half-hour more and you will lean
Dust
When I went to look at what had long been hidden,
Ebb Tide
When the long day goes by
Embers
I said, "My youth is gone
Enough
It is enough for me by day
Epitaph
Serene descent, as a red leaf's descending
Evening: New York
Blue dust of evening over my city,
Faces
People that I meet and pass
Faults
They came to tell your faults to me,
Four Winds
"Four winds blowing through the sky,
Gifts
I gave my first love laughter,
Gray Eyes
It was April when you came
Guenevere
I was a queen, and I have lost my crown;
Houses of Dreams
You took my empty dreams
I Remembered
There never was a mood of mine,
I Shall Not Care
When I am dead and over me bright April
I Would Live in Your Love
I would live in your love as the sea-grasses live in the sea,
If Death Is Kind
Perhaps if Death is kind, and there can be returning,
In a Garden
The world is resting without sound or motion,
In the End
All that could never be said,
Interlude: Songs out of Sorrow
From naked stones of agony
Jewls
If I should see your eyes again,
Joy
I am wild, I will sing to the trees,
June Night
Oh Earth, you are too dear to-night,
Let it be Forgotten
Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,
Lights
When we come home at night and close the door,
Longing
I am not sorry for my soul
Love and Death
Shall we, too, rise forgetful from our sleep,
Love Me
Brown-thrush singing all day long
May Day
A delicate fabric of bird song
May Night
The spring is fresh and fearless
May Wind
I said, "I have shut my heart
Meadowlarks
In the silver light after a storm,
Message
I heard a cry in the night,
Moods
I am the still rain falling,
Moonlight
It will not hurt me when I am old,
Morning
I went out on an April morning
Morning Song
A diamond of a morning
New Love and Old
In my heart the old love
Night Song at Amalfi
I asked the heaven of stars
November
The world is tired, the year is old,
Old Tunes
As the waves of perfume, heliotrope, rose,
On the Dunes
If there is any life when death is over,
Open Windows
Out of the window a sea of green trees
Other Men
When I talk with other men
Pain
Waves are the sea's white daughters,
Peace
Peace flows into me
Pierrot
Pierrot stands in the garden
Pity
They never saw my lover's face,
Places
Places I love come back to me like music,
Red Maples
In the last year I have learned
Redbirds
Redbirds, redbirds,
Riches
I have no riches but my thoughts,
September Midnights
Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer,
Sleepless
If I could have your arms tonight-
Snowfall
"She can't be unhappy," you said,
Song at Capri
When beauty grows too great to bear
Song Making
My heart cried like a beaten child
Spray
I knew you thought of me all night,
Spring Night
The park is filled with night and fog,
Spring Rain
I thought I had forgotten,
Spring Torrents
Will it always be like this until I am dead,
Stars
Alone in the night
Summer Night, Riverside
In the wild, soft summer darkness
Summer Storm
The panther wind
Sunset: St. Louis
Hushed in the smoky haze of summer sunset,
Swans
Night is over the park, and a few brave stars
The Answer
When I go back to earth
The Coin
Into my heart's treasury
The Crystal Gazer
I shall gather myself into my self again,
The Flight
Look back with longing eyes and know that I will follow,
The Flight
All through the deep blue night
The Garden
My heart is a garden tired with autumn,
The Ghost
I went back to the clanging city,
The Giver
You bound strong sandals on my feet,
The Kiss
I hoped that he would love me,
The Lamp
If I can bear your love like a lamp before me,
The Long Hill
I must have passed the crest a while ago
The Look
Strephon kissed me in the spring,
The Mystery
Your eyes drink of me,
The Net
I made you many and many a song,
The New Moon
Day, you have bruised and beaten me,
The Return
He has come, he is here,
The River
I came from the sunny valleys
The Sanctuary
If I could keep my innermost Me
The Silent Battle
He was a soldier in that fight
The Song For Colin
I sang a song at dusking time
The Storm
I thought of you when I was wakened
The Treasure
When they see my songs
The Tree
Oh to be free of myself,
The Tree of Song
I sang my songs for the rest,
The Unchanging
Sun-swept beaches with a light wind blowing
The Voice
Atoms as old as stars,
The Wanderer
I saw the sunset-colored sands,
The Wind
A wind is blowing over my soul,
The Wind in the Hemlock
Steely stars and moon of brass,
The Years
To-night I close my eyes and see
There Will Come Soft Rains
There will come soft rains and the
Thoughts
When I am all alone
Tides
Love in my heart was a fresh tide flowing
To E.
I have remembered beauty in the night,
To-nigh
The moon is a curving flower of gold,
Twilight
Dreamily over the roofs
Understanding
I understood the rest too well,
Water Lilies
If you have forgotten water lilies floating
White Fog
Heaven-invading hills are drowned
Wild Asters
In the spring I asked the daisies