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Flame and Shadow  (1920) 
Sara Teasdale
Lost Things
Macmillan Company page 45

LOST THINGS

Oh, I could let the world go by,
 Its loud new wonders and its wars,
But how will I give up the sky
 When winter dusk is set with stars?


And I could let the cities go,
 Their changing customs and their creeds,-
But oh, the summer rains that blow
 In silver on the jewel-weeds!