Compensation (Teasdale)

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Compensation
by Sara Teasdale


I should be glad of loneliness
     And hours that go on broken wings,
A thirsty body, a tired heart
     And the unchanging ache of things,
If I could make a single song
     As lovely and as full of light,
As hushed and brief as a falling star
     On a winter night.


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