Buried love

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Buried love
by Sara Teasdale
From Helen of Troy and Other Poems Part II


I shall bury my weary Love
      Beneath a tree,
In the forest tall and black
      Where none can see.

I shall put no flowers at his head,
      Nor stone at his feet,
For the mouth I loved so much
      Was bittersweet.

I shall go no more to his grave,
      For the woods are cold.
I shall gather as much of joy
      As my hands can hold.

I shall stay all day in the sun
      Where the wide winds blow,
But oh, I shall weep at night
      When none will know.


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