"I Know the Stars"

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"I Know the Stars"  (1920) 
by Sara Teasdale

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

I know the secrets of men
     By the look of their eyes,
Their gray thoughts, their strange thoughts
     Have made me sad and wise.

But your eyes are dark to me
     Though they seem to call and call —
I cannot tell if you love me
     Or do not love me at all.

I know many things,
     But the years come and go,
I shall die not knowing
     The thing I long to know.


PD-icon.svg This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923.

The author died in 1933, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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