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Flame and Shadow

by Sara Teasdale

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I Remembered

There never was a mood of mine,
   Gay or heart-broken, luminous or dull,
  But you could ease me of its fever
   And give it back to me more beautiful.

In many another soul I broke the bread,
   And drank the wine and played the happy guest,
  But I was lonely, I remembered you;
   The heart belongs to him who knew it best.

“Oh You Are Coming”

Oh you are coming, coming, coming,
   How will hungry Time put by the hours till then?—
  But why does it anger my heart to long so
   For one man out of the world of men?

Oh I would live in myself only
   And build my life lightly and still as a dream—
  Are not my thoughts clearer than your thoughts
   And colored like stones in a running stream?

Now the slow moon brightens in heaven,
   The stars are ready, the night is here—
  Oh why must I lose myself to love you,
   My dear?

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