This is life's sorrow: That one can be happy only where two… - Edgar Lee Masters

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This is life's sorrow:
That one can be happy only where two are;
And that our hearts are drawn to stars
Which want us not.

Edgar Lee Masters

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Edgar Lee Masters (23 August 1868 – 5 March 1950) was an American poet, biographer and dramatist. He is most famous for the Spoon River Anthology.

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Henry got me with child,
Knowing that I could not bring forth life
Without losing my own.
In my youth therefore I entered the portals of dust.

Their spirits beat upon mine
Like the wings of a thousand butterflies.
I closed my eyes and felt their spirits vibrating.
I closed my eyes, yet I knew when their lashes
Fringed their cheeks from downcast eyes

The feeling that I was not worthy of her finished me.

This is life's sorrow: That one can be happy only where two are; And that our hearts are drawn to stars Which want us not. - Edgar Lee Masters

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