Flame and Shadow/"I Have Loved Hours at Sea"

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Flame and Shadow  (1920)  Sara Teasdale "I Have Loved Hours at Sea"

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Macmillan Company page 8

"I HAVE LOVED HOURS AT SEA" I have loved hours at sea, gray cities,  The fragile secret of a flower, Music, the making of a poem  That gave me heaven for an hour; First stars above a snowy hill,  Voices of people kindly and wise. And the great look of love, long hidden,  Found at last in meeting eyes. I have loved much and been loved deeply—  Oh when my spirit's fire burns low, Leave me the darkness and the stillness,  I shall be tired and glad to go.