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Love Songs
Love Songs
By Sara Teasdale
'American (Missouri & New York) poet;
1884…1933。'
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To E。
I have remembered beauty in the night; Against black silences I
waked to see A shower of sunlight over Italy And green Ravello
dreaming on her height; I have remembered music in the dark; The clean
swift brightness of a fugue of Bach's; And running water singing on the
rocks When once in English woods I heard a lark。
But all remembered beauty is no more Than a vague prelude to the
thought of you You are the rarest soul I ever knew;Lover of beauty;
knightliest and best; My thoughts seek you as waves that seek the
shore;And when I think of you; I am at rest。
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Prefatory Note
Beside new poems; this book contains lyrics taken from 〃Rivers to the
Sea〃; 〃Helen of Troy and Other Poems〃; and one or two from an earlier
volume。
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Barter
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。
Life has loveliness to sell; Music like a curve of gold; Scent of pine
trees in the rain; Eyes that love you; arms that hold; And for your spirit's
still delight; Holy thoughts that star the night。
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。
Twilight
Dreamily over the roofs The cold spring rain is falling; Out in the
lonely tree A bird is calling; calling。
Slowly over the earth The wings of night are falling; My heart like
the bird in the tree Is calling; calling; calling。
Night Song at Amalfi
I asked the heaven of stars What I should give my love It
answered me with silence; Silence above。
I asked the darkened sea Down where the fishers go It answered
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me with silence; Silence below。
Oh; I could give him weeping; Or I could give him song But how
can I give silence; My whole life long?
The Look
Strephon kissed me in the spring; Robin in the fall; But Colin only
looked at me And never kissed at all。
Strephon's kiss was lost in jest; Robin's lost in play; But the kiss in
Colin's eyes Haunts me night and day。
A Winter Night
My window…pane is starred with frost; The world is bitter cold to…
night; The moon is cruel; and the wind Is like a two…edged sword to
smite。
God pity all the homeless ones; The beggars pacing to and fro; God
pity all the poor to…night Who walk the lamp…lit streets of snow。
My room is like a bit of June; Warm and close…curtained fold on fold;
But somewhere; like a homeless child; My heart is crying in the cold。
A Cry
Oh; there are eyes that he can see; And hands to make his hands
rejoice; But to my lover I must be Only a voice。
Oh; there are breasts to bear his head; And lips whereon his lips can
lie; But I must be till I am dead Only a cry。
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Gifts
I gave my first love laughter; I gave my second tears; I gave my third
love silence Through all the years。
My first love gave me singing; My second eyes to see; But oh; it was
my third love Who gave my soul to me。
But Not to Me
The April night is still and sweet With flowers on every tree; Peace
comes to them on quiet feet;But not to me。
My peace is hidden in his breast Where I shall never be; Love comes
to…night to all the rest;But not to me。
Song at Capri
When beauty grows too great to bear How shall I ease me of its ache;
For beauty more than bitterness Makes the heart break。
Now while I watch the dreaming sea With isles like flowers against
her breast; Only one voice in all the world Could give me rest。
Child; Child
Child; child; love while you can The voice and the eyes and the soul of
a man; Never fear though it break your heart Out of the wound new joy
will start; Only love proudly and gladly and well; Though love be heaven
or love be hell。
Child; child; love while you may; For life is short as a happy day;
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Never fear the thing you feel Only by love is life made real; Love; for
the deadly sins are seven; Only through love will you enter heaven。
Love Me
Brown…thrush singing all day long In the leaves above me; Take my
love this April song; 〃Love me; love me; love me!〃
When he harkens what you say; Bid him; lest he miss me; Leave his
work or leave his play; And kiss me; kiss me; kiss me!
Pierrot
Pierrot stands in the garden Beneath a waning moon; And on his lute
he fashions A fragile silver tune。
Pierrot plays in the garden; He thinks he plays for me; But I am quite
forgotten Under the cherry tree。
Pierrot plays in the garden; And all the roses know That Pierrot loves
his music; But I love Pierrot。
Wild Asters
In the spring I asked the daisies If his words were true; And the
clever; clear…eyed daisies Always knew。
Now the fields are brown and barren; Bitter autumn blows; And of
all the stupid asters Not one knows。
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The Song for Colin
I sang a song at dusking time Beneath the evening star; And Terence
left his latest rhyme To answer from afar。
Pierrot laid down his lute to weep; And sighed; 〃She sings for me。〃
But Colin slept a careless sleep Beneath an apple tree。
Four Winds
〃Four winds blowing through the sky; You have seen poor maidens die;
Tell me then what I shall do That my lover may be true。〃 Said the wind
from out the south; 〃Lay no kiss upon his mouth;〃 And the wind from out
the west; 〃Wound the heart within his breast;〃 And the wind from out the
east; 〃Send him empty from the feast;〃 And the wind from out the north;
〃In the tempest thrust him forth; When thou art more cruel than he; Then
will Love be kind to thee。〃
Debt
What do I owe to you Who loved me deep and long? You never gave
my spirit wings Or gave my heart a song。
But oh; to him I loved; Who loved me not at all; I owe the open gate
That led through heaven's wall。
Faults
They came to tell your faults to me; They named them over one by one;
I laughed aloud when they were done; I knew them all so well before;
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Oh; they were blind; too blind to see Your faults had made me love you
more。