Sara Teasdale

It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#broken #heart #how #make #must

Down the hill I went, and then, I forgot the ways of men, For night-scents, heady and damp and cool Wakened ecstasy ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#faerie #faery #fay #nature #night

Love said, "Wake still and think of me," Sleep, "Close your eyes till break of day," But Dreams came by and smilingly Gave both to Love and Sleep their way. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#love #poetry #sleep #dreams

In my heart's most secret place, I pity them as angels do. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#philosophy #pessimism

Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#bitterness #break #heart #heart break #makes

I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#i #me #riches #these #thoughts

A hush is over everything, Silent as women wait for love; The world is waiting for the spring. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#hush #love #over #silent #spring

Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a clear why. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#because #call #clear #him #steps

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#calm #coldly #exchange #eyes #given

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#possessing #quite #worth