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I Am Not Yours

Sara Teasdale, Sara Teasdale poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry by Sara Teasdale
(1884 - 1933) Timeline

Original Language
English
Secular or Eclectic
20th Century

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.

Oh plunge me deep in love -- put out
My senses, leave me deaf and blind,
Swept by the tempest of your love,
A taper in a rushing wind.

 

 

 

Themes

  Light
  Lover and Beloved
  Snow
  Water
 


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