--- title: "7 Tired Quotes By Sara Teasdale" description: "7 Tired quotes by Sara Teasdale. Plus more from Sara Teasdale and more Tired sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/sara-teasdale-2354_died_i-am-alone-as-though-i-stood-on-the-high_43494.png" --- > [I am alone, as though I stood On the highest peak of the tired gray world,About me only swirling snow, Above me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/i-am-alone-as-though-i-stood-on-the-highest-peak-of-the-tired-gray/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/sara-teasdale-2354_died_i-am-alone-as-though-i-stood-on-the-high_43494.png) > [I should be glad of loneliness And hours that go on broken wings,A thirsty body, a tired heart And the unchanging ache…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/i-should-be-glad-of-loneliness-and-hours-that-go-on-broken-wings-a/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/sara-teasdale-2354_ache_i-should-be-glad-of-loneliness-and-hours_576660.jpg) > [Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer, Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, Never a bird, but the passionless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/lyric-night-of-the-lingering-indian-summer-shadowy-fields-that-are/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/sara-teasdale-2354_bird_lyric-night-of-the-lingering-indian-summ_960881.png) > [The world is tired, the year is old, The faded leaves are glad to die...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/the-world-is-tired-the-year-is-old-the-faded-leaves-are-glad-to-die/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/sara-teasdale-2354_autumn_the-world-is-tired-the-year-is-old-the-f_1000676.png) > [My heart is a garden tired with autumn, Heaped with bending asters and dahlias heavy and dark, In the hazy sunshine, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/my-heart-is-a-garden-tired-with-autumn-heaped-with-bending-asters-and/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/sara-teasdale-2354_april_my-heart-is-a-garden-tired-with-autumn-h_1058155.png) > [Places I love come back to me like music, / Hush me and heal me when I am very tired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/places-i-love-come-back-to-me-like-music-hush-me-and-heal-me-when-i/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/sara-teasdale-2354_come-back-to-me_places-i-love-come-back-to-me-like-music_1595365.png) > [My heart is a garden tired with autumn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/my-heart-is-a-garden-tired-with-autumn/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/sara-teasdale-2354_autumn_my-heart-is-a-garden-tired-with-autumn-2_2100243.png) ## Other authors on Tired ## More by Sara Teasdale > [I saw above a sea of hills A solitary planet shine, And there was no one, near or far, to keep the world from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/i-saw-above-a-sea-of-hills-a-solitary-planet-shine-and-there-was-no/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [“In Warsaw in Poland Half the world away, The one I love best of all Thought of me to-day; I know, for I went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/in-warsaw-in-poland-half-the-world-away-the-one-i-love-best-of-all/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [I am alone, as though I stood On the highest peak of the tired gray world,About me only swirling snow, Above me, endless space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/i-am-alone-as-though-i-stood-on-the-highest-peak-of-the-tired-gray/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pool singing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/there-will-come-soft-rains-and-the-smell-of-the-ground-and-swallows/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [I stood beside a hill Smooth with new-laid snow, A single star looked out From the cold evening glow. There was not other creature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/i-stood-beside-a-hill-smooth-with-new-laid-snow-a-single-star-looked/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too, The world's heart breaks beneath its wars,All things are changed, save in the east,The faithful beauty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/years-go-dreams-go-and-youth-goes-too-the-world-s-heart-breaks/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [From my spirit's gray defeat, From my pulse's flagging beat, From my hopes that turned to sand Sifting through my close-clenched hand, From my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/from-my-spirit-s-gray-defeat-from-my-pulse-s-flagging-beat-from-my/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [“Oh, I could let the world go by, Its loud new wonders and its wars, BUt how will I give up the sky When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/oh-i-could-let-the-world-go-by-its-loud-new-wonders-and-its-wars-but/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [“I gave my first love laughter, I gave my second tears, I gave my third love silence Through all the years. My first love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/i-gave-my-first-love-laughter-i-gave-my-second-tears-i-gave-my-third/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [“On a midsummer night, on a night that was eerie with stars, In a wood too deep for a single star to look through,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/on-a-midsummer-night-on-a-night-that-was-eerie-with-stars-in-a-wood/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [“ At Night Love said, "Wake still and think of me," Sleep, "Close your eyes till break of day," But Dreams came by and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/at-night-love-said-wake-still-and-think-of-me-sleep-close-your-eyes/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [“It will not hurt me when I am old, A running tide where moonlight burned Will not sting me like silver snakes; The years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/it-will-not-hurt-me-when-i-am-old-a-running-tide-where-moonlight/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [But what do I care, for love will be over so soon, Let my heart have its say and my mind stand idly by,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/but-what-do-i-care-for-love-will-be-over-so-soon-let-my-heart-have/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [“ There Will Come Soft Rains There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/there-will-come-soft-rains-there-will-come-soft-rains-and-the-smell/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) > [“I would not have a god come in To shield me suddenly from sin, And set my house of life to rights; Nor angels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/i-would-not-have-a-god-come-in-to-shield-me-suddenly-from-sin-and-set/) [Sara Teasdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-teasdale/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tired/sara-teasdale/#itemlist", "name": "7 Tired Quotes By Sara Teasdale", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am alone, as though I stood On the highest peak of the tired gray world,About me only swirling snow, Above me, endless space unfurled;With earth hidden and heaven hidden, And only my own spirit's prideTo keep me from the peace of those Who are not lonely, having died.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sara Teasdale" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/i-am-alone-as-though-i-stood-on-the-highest-peak-of-the-tired-gray/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/sara-teasdale-2354_died_i-am-alone-as-though-i-stood-on-the-high_43494.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/sara-teasdale-2354_died_i-am-alone-as-though-i-stood-on-the-high_43494.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/sara-teasdale-2354_died_i-am-alone-as-though-i-stood-on-the-high_43494.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am alone, as though I stood On the highest peak of the tired gray world,About me only swirling snow, Above…” — Sara Teasdale", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I should be glad of loneliness And hours that go on broken wings,A thirsty body, a tired heart And the unchanging ache of things,If I could make a single song As lovely and as full of light,As hushed and brief as a falling star On a winter night.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sara Teasdale" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-teasdale/i-should-be-glad-of-loneliness-and-hours-that-go-on-broken-wings-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/sara-teasdale-2354_ache_i-should-be-glad-of-loneliness-and-hours_576660.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/sara-teasdale-2354_ache_i-should-be-glad-of-loneliness-and-hours_576660.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/sara-teasdale-2354_ache_i-should-be-glad-of-loneliness-and-hours_576660.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I should be glad of loneliness And hours that go on broken wings,A thirsty body, a tired heart And the…” — Sara Teasdale", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer, Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, Never a bird, but the passionless chant of insects, Ceaseless, insistent. 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