6 Sara Teasdale Quotes on Suffering

Sara Teasdale quotes on suffering

4. Ah, Aphrodite, if I sing no more To thee, God's daughter, powerful as God, It is that thou hast made my life too sweet To 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.

6. All this grows bitter that was once so sweet, And many mouths must drain the dregs of it. But none will pity me, nor pity him Whom Love so lashed, and with such cruel thongs.

14. I hope that when he smiles at me He does not guess my joy and pain, For if he did, he is too kind To ever look my way again.

20. But oh, to him I loved Who loved me not at all, I owe the little open gate That led thru heaven's wall.

28. 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.

30. 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.