I am not yours, not lost in you, Not lost, although I long … - Sara Teasdale

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I am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea.

You love me, and I find you still
A spirit beautiful and bright,
Yet I am I, who long to be
Lost as a light is lost in light.

Sara Teasdale

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love poetry

English

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Sarah Trevor Teasdale (8 August 1884 – 29 January 1933) was an American poet.

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Alternative Names: Sara Teasdale Filsinger • Sara Trevor Teasdale

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Edna St. Vincent Millay Anna Akhmatova John Keats William Butler Yeats Alfred Tennyson

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I am the pool of gold
When sunset burns and dies — You are my deepening skies;
Give me your stars to hold

Oh Earth, you gave me all I have, I love you, I love you, — oh what have I That I can give you in return — Except my body after I die?

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.

I am not yours, not lost in you, Not lost, although I long to be Lost as a candle lit at noon, Lost as a snowflake in the sea. You love me, and I fi… - Sara Teasdale

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