Longing Poem by Sara Teasdale

Longing

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I am not sorry for my soul
That it must go unsatisfied,
For it can live a thousand times,
Eternity is deep and wide.

I am not sorry for my soul,
But oh, my body that must go
Back to a little drift of dust
Without the joy it longed to know.

Friday, January 3, 2003
Topic(s) of this poem: sorry
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Andy Roberts 19 June 2009

simply superb...the poem spks volumes of what most of us go through in life..

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Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale

Missouri / United States
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