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Love Quotes by Sara Teasdale

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A lover’s laugh, a lover’s tear, and a lover’s silence all belong to love, each a different voice. The verses speak of love whispering at night, of a heart that never stops searching, and of gathering scattered selves into one. They show love as both a gentle dream and a fierce longing.

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Only by love is life made real.

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Take love when love is given.

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It is my heart that makes my songs, not I.

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Spend all you have for loveliness.

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O beauty, are you not enough; why am I crying after love.

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

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What we have never had, remains; It is the things we have that go.

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I shall gather myself into my self again, I shall take my scattered selves and make them one.

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“And when you spoke to me, I did not know That to my life's high altar came its priest.”

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There is a quiet at the heart of love, And I have pierced the pain and come to peace.

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“Never fear the thing you feel-- Only by love is life made real”

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Places I love come back to me like music, / Hush me and heal me when I am very tired.

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Take love when love is given, But never think to find it A sure escape from sorrow Or a complete repose.

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“The April night is still and sweet With flowers on every tree; Peace comes to them on quiet feet, But not to…

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“ Message I heard a cry in the night, A thousand miles it came, Sharp as a flash of light, My name,…

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If I can find out God, then I shall find Him,If none can find Him, then I shall sleep soundly,Knowing how well…

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But what do I care, for love will be over so soon, Let my heart have its say and my mind stand…

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“I gave my first love laughter, I gave my second tears, I gave my third love silence Through all the years. My…

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“Strephon kissed me in the spring, Robin in the fall, But Colin only looked at me, And never kissed at all. Strephon's…

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Life has loveliness to sell, / Music like a curve of gold, / Scent of pine trees in the rain, / Eyes…

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“ At Night Love said, "Wake still and think of me," Sleep, "Close your eyes till break of day," But Dreams came…

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“It will not hurt me when I am old, A running tide where moonlight burned Will not sting me like silver snakes;…

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The wind is tossing the lilacs, The new leaves laugh in the sun, And the petals fall on the orchard wall, But…

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“We are two eagles Flying together Under the heavens, Over the mountains, Stretched on the wind. Sunlight heartens us, Blind snow baffles…

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“ Desert Pools I love too much; I am a river Surging with spring that seeks the sea, I am too generous…

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“Your eyes drink of me, Love makes them shine, Your eyes that lean So close to mine. We have long been lovers,…

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“To-night I close my eyes and see A strange procession passing me– The years before I saw your face Go by me…

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“Look back with longing eyes and know that I will follow, Lift me up in your love as a light wind lifts…

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As dew leaves the cobweb lightly Threaded with stars, Scattering jewels on the fence And the pasture bars; As dawn leaves the…

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“After a year I came again to the place; The tireless lights and the reverberation, The angry thunder of trains that burrow…

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“I went back to the clanging city, I went back where my old loves stayed, But my heart was full of my…

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“I saw her in a Broadway car, The woman I might grow to be; I felt my lover look at her And…

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Though I know he loves me, tonight my heart is sad; his kiss was not so wonderful as all the dreams I…

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Old love, old love, / How can I be true? / Shall I be faithless to myself / Or to you?

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Make songs for Death as you would sing to Love -But you will not assuage him. He aloneOf all the gods will…

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Love said, "Wake still and think of me," Sleep, "Close your eyes till break of day," But Dreams came by and smilingly…

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“Love me with your whole heart Or give no love to me, Half-love is a poor thing, Neither bond nor free. You…

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Love in my heart is a cry forever Lost as the swallow's flight, Seeking for you and never, never Stilled by the…

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“I know the stars by their names, Aldebaran, Altair, And I know the path they take Up heaven's broad blue stair. I…

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“Since Death brushed past me once more to-day, Let me say quickly what I must say: Take without shame the love I…

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“I would not have a god come in To shield me suddenly from sin, And set my house of life to rights; Nor angels…