Love

The Shrine

by Sara Teasdale 1884–1933

From Helen of Troy and Other Poems (1911)

Love

There is no lord within my heart,
Left silent as an empty shrine
Where rose and myrtle intertwine,
Within a place apart.

No god is there of carven stone
To watch with still approving eyes
My thoughts like steady incense rise;
I dream and weep alone.

But if I keep my altar fair,
Some morning I shall lift my head
From roses deftly garlanded
To find the god is there.

MLA

Teasdale, Sara. “The Shrine.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/152/.

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