Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdalewas an American lyric poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger after her marriage in 1914...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth8 August 1884
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
frail life moth web
Life is a frail moth flyingCaught in the web of the years that pass.
heartbroken gratitude humor
I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.
sadness joy sorrow
I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy.
broken-heart wise wisdom
It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.
wine peaceful one-day
If I am peaceful, I shall seeBeauty's face continually;Feeding on her wine and breadI shall be wholly comforted,For she can make one day for meRich as my lost eternity.
calm exchange eyes given grown life taken youth
When I can look at Life with eyes, Grown calm and very coldly wise; Life will have given me the Truth, And taken in exchange - my youth