A Prayer (Flame and Shadow)

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A Prayer
by Sara Teasdale


When I am dying, let me know
That I loved the blowing snow
     Although it stung like whips;
That I loved all lovely things
And I tried to take their stings
     With gay unembittered lips;
That I loved with all my strength,
To my soul's full depth and length,
     Careless if my heart must break,
That I sang as children sing
Fitting tunes to everything,
     Loving life for its own sake.


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