Rivers to the sea / Sara Teasdale [electronic text]
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Rivers to the sea / Sara Teasdale [electronic text]
Author
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933
Publication
New York: MacMillan
1915
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THE LIGHTED WINDOW
He said:"In the winter duskWhen the pavements were gleaming with rain,I walked thru a dingy streetHurried, harassed,Thinking of all my problems that never are solved.Suddenly out of the mist, a flaring gas-jetShone from a huddled shop.I saw thru the bleary windowA mass of playthings:False-faces hung on strings,Valentines, paper and tinsel,Tops of scarlet and green,Candy, marbles, jacks —A confusion of colorPathetically gaudy and cheap.All of my boyhood
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Rushed back.Once more these things were treasuresWildly desired.With covetous eyes I looked again at the marbles,The precious agates, the pee-wees, the chinies —Then I passed on.
In the winter dusk,The pavements were gleaming with rain;There in the lighted windowI left my boyhood."
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