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Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale

Alchemy

I lift my heart as spring lifts up
A yellow daisy to the rain;
My heart will be a lovely cup
Altho’ it holds but pain.
 
For I shall learn from flower and leaf
That color every drop they hold,
To change the lifeless wine of grief
To living gold.

#Americans #PulitzerPrize #Suicide #Women #XXCentury

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