May Wind

May Wind by Sara Teasdale

From Love Songs Part I

I said, "I have shut my heart
      As one shuts an open door,
That Love may starve therein
      And trouble me no more."

But over the roofs there came
      The wet new wind of May,
And a tune blew up from the curb
      Where the street-pianos play.

My room was white with the sun
      And Love cried out in me,
"I am strong, I will break your heart
      Unless you set me free."

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