The Poetical Quotidian
April 2002


COMPENSATION
by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
from Flame and Shadow (1920)

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.

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