“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.” YearsHeartRunningHurtBreakColdSilverTidesBurnedSnakesMoonlightHurt MeHappy Heart Book:Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale Source: Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale