Quote#Children
I try to catch at many a tune
Quote bySara Teasdale · 1884–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Flame and Shadow (1920), "Old Tunes".
English (original)
I try to catch at many a tune Like petals of light fallen from the moon, Broken and bright on a dark lagoon,But they float away — for who can hold Youth, or perfume or the moon's gold?
— Sara Teasdale
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Oh, beauty, are you not enough? Why am I crying after love?
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But oh, to him I loved Who loved me not at all, I owe the little open gate That led thru heaven's wall.