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Gifts

by Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale

I gave my first love laughter,
I gave my second tears,
I gave my third love silence
Thru all the years.
My first love gave me singing,
My second eyes to see,
But oh, it was my third love
Who gave my soul to me.




Quotes of the Day

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
• Rita Rudner


Poems of the Day
  • Sara Teasdale
    The Fountain
    by Sara Teasdale
    Oh in the deep blue night The fountain sang alone; It sang to the drowsy heart Of a satyr carved in stone. The fountain sang and sang But the satyr never stirred-- Only the great white moon