Joy (Sara Teasdale)

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Joy by Sara Teasdale

From Love Songs Part III and Rivers to the Sea Part I

I AM wild, I will sing to the trees,
      I will sing to the stars in the sky,
I love, I am loved, he is mine,
      Now at last I can die!

I am sandaled with wind and with flame,
      I have heart-fire and singing to give,
I can tread on the grass or the stars,
      Now at last I can live!

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