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Sara Teasdale was an American poet known for her lyrical poetry. Her works are characterized by their concise and emotive language, which has won her a wide readership. Born on August 8, 1884, she passed away on January 29, 1933.

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Famous Sara Teasdale Quotes

“Ah, Aphrodite, if I sing no moreTo thee, God's daughter, powerful as God,It is that thou hast made my life too sweetTo hold the added sweetness of a song.There is a quiet at the heart of love,And I have pierced the pain and come to peace.”

Ifs Heart Made Pain Song Powerful Quiet Daughter Thee Sweetness Aphrodite

Book:Helen of Troy, and Other Poems

Source: Helen of Troy, and Other Poems

“It will not hurt me when I am old, A running tide where moonlight burned Will not sting me like silver snakes;The years will make me sad and cold, It is the happy heart that breaks.”

Years Heart Running Hurt Break Cold Silver Tides Burned Snakes Moonlight Hurt Me Happy Heart

Book:Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale

Source: Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale

“I should be glad of loneliness And hours that go on broken wings,A thirsty body, a tired heart And the unchanging ache of things,If I could make a single song As lovely and as full of light,As hushed and brief as a falling star On a winter night.”

Ifs Should Heart Body Light Night Song Fall Stars Hours Loneliness Broken Goes On Tired Wings Winter Glad Lovely If I Could Ache Thirsty Unchanging Winter Night Broken Wings

Book:Flame and Shadow

Source: Flame and Shadow

“There is a quiet at the heart of love, And I have pierced the pain and come to peace.”

Love Heart Pain Quiet Peace Love Aphrodite

Book:Helen of Troy, and Other Poems

Source: Helen of Troy, and Other Poems

“But what do I care, for love will be over so soon, Let my heart have its say and my mind stand idly by, For my mind is proud and strong enough to be silent, It is my heart that makes my songs, not I.”

Love Mind Heart Enough Care Song Strong Proud My Heart Silent I Care Strong Enough

Book:Flame and Shadow

Source: Flame and Shadow

“The grass is waking in the ground, / Soon it will rise and blow in waves - / How can it have the heart to sway / Over the graves, / New graves?”

Heart Grief Wave Blow Graves Grass Waking

Book:Rivers to the Sea

Source: Rivers to the Sea

“It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.”

Years Heart Wisdom Wise Strange Broken Broken Heart

Book:Flame and Shadow

Source: Flame and Shadow

“Though I know he loves me, tonight my heart is sad; his kiss was not so wonderful as all the dreams I had.”

Knows Heart Dream Wonderful My Heart Sad Kissing Tonight Broken Heart Romantic Love Kiss Me Feeling Sad Wonderful Experience

Author:Sara Teasdale

“Until I lose my soul and lie Blind to the beauty of the earth, Deaf though shouting wind goes by, Dumb in a storm of mirth; Until my heart is quenched at length And I have left the land of men, Oh, let me love with all my strength Careless if I am loved again.”

Ifs Men Heart Soul Earth Lying Left Loses Land Wind My Heart Let Me Blind Storm My Soul Dumb Length Deaf Careless Shouting Mirth Beauty Of The Earth

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“Love in my heart is a cry forever Lost as the swallow's flight, Seeking for you and never, never Stilled by the stars at night”

Heart Night Lost Stars Forever Cry My Heart Seeking Flight

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed; Lay that on your heart, My young angry dear; This truth, this hard and precious stone, Lay it on your hot cheek, Let it hide your tear. Hold it like a crystal When you are alone And gaze in the depths of the icy stone. Long, look long and you will be blessed: No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed.”

Looks Heart Long Hard Young Tears Stones Hot Blessed Angry Lays Depth Dear Possessed Cheeks Crystals Possessing Icy Being Blessed Precious Stones

Book:Strange victory: by Sara Teasdale

Source: Strange victory: by Sara Teasdale

“My heart is a garden tired with autumn.”

Heart My Heart Garden Tired Autumn Dahlias

Book:Flame and Shadow

Source: Flame and Shadow

“Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break.”

Heart Beauty Break Bitter Bitterness Beautiful Women Heart Break Bad Relationship Beautiful Heart

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“The spring is fresh and fearless And every leaf is new, The world is brimmed with moonlight, The lilac brimmed with dew. Here in the moving shadows I catch my breath and sing - My heart is fresh and fearless And over-brimmed with spring.”

World Heart Moving My Heart Spring Shadow Breaths Fearless Leafs Moonlight Dew Lilac

Book:Rivers to the Sea

Source: Rivers to the Sea

“My heart is a garden tired with autumn, Heaped with bending asters and dahlias heavy and dark, In the hazy sunshine, the garden remembers April, The drench of rains and a snow-drop quick and clear as a spark; Daffodils blowing in the cold wind of morning, And golden tulips, goblets holding the rain - The garden will be hushed with snow, forgotten soon, forgotten - After the stillness, will spring come again?”

“All through the deep blue night The fountain sang alone; It sang to the drowsy heart of the satyr carved in stone. The fountain sang and sang But the satyr never stirred- Only the great white moon In the empty heaven heard.”

Heart Night Heaven White Darkness Heard Moon Stones Empty Blue Sunset Fountain Drowsy Satyrs

Book:Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale

Source: Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale

“Into my heart's treasury I slipped a coin That Time cannot take Nor a thief purloin- O better than the minting Of a gold-crowned king Is the safe-kept memory Of a lovely thing.”

Heart Memories Kings My Heart Safe Gold Lovely Thieves Coins Treasury Lovely Things

Book:Flame and Shadow

Source: Flame and Shadow

“Oh to be free of myself, With nothing left to remember, To have my heart as bare As a tree in December; Resting, as a tree rests After its leaves are gone, Waiting no more for a rain at night Nor for the red at dawn.”

Heart Remember Night Left Waiting Gone Tree My Heart Red Rain Dawn December Rain At Night

Book:Flame and Shadow

Source: Flame and Shadow

“It is my heart that makes my songs, not I.”

Love Heart Song My Heart

Book:Flame and Shadow

Source: Flame and Shadow

“Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too, The world's heart breaks beneath its wars,All things are changed, save in the east,The faithful beauty of the stars.”

World Years Heart War Dream Stars Break Changed Youth All Things East Faithful Heart Break

Book:Flame and Shadow

Source: Flame and Shadow

“I shall not let a sorrow die Until I find the heart of it, Nor let a wordless joy go by Until it talks to me a bit.”

Heart Joy Dies Bits Sorrow Miscellaneous Talk To Me

Author:Sara Teasdale

About the Author

Born: August 8, 1884
Died: January 29, 1933
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 148

Books & Sources

Flame and ShadowRelated source material

Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara TeasdaleRelated source material

Collected PoemsRelated source material

Love SongsRelated source material

The Collected PoemsRelated source material

Rivers to the SeaRelated source material

Helen of Troy, and Other PoemsRelated source material

Strange victory: by Sara TeasdaleRelated source material

Dark of the MoonRelated source material

Helen of Troy and Other PoemsRelated source material

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