A Prayer Poem by Sara Teasdale

A Prayer

Rating: 3.1


When I am dying, let me know
That I loved the blowing snow
Although it stung like whips;
That I loved all lovely things
And I tried to take their stings
With gay unembittered lips;
That I loved with all my strength,
To my soul's full depth and length,
Careless if my heart must break,
That I sang as children sing
Fitting tunes to everything,
Loving life for its own sake.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Alem Hailu G/kristos 02 December 2015

Yes love has such an absurd formula.A poem nicely penned.

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*_sakura ~daisy_* 08 November 2009

awww such a igniting sweet prayer full of love

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Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale

Missouri / United States
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