Flame and shadow / Sara Teasdale [electronic text]

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Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933

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New York: The Macmillan Company

1926

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"Flame and shadow / Sara Teasdale [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAD7803.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.

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ALONE

 I am alone, in spite of love, In spite of all I take and give— In spite of all your tenderness, Sometimes I am not glad to live.   

 I am alone, as though I stood On the highest peak of the tired gray world, About me only swirling snow, Above me, endless space unfurled;   

 With earth hidden and heaven hidden, And only my own spirit's pride To keep me from the peace of those Who are not lonely, having died.   