Death & Dying

Buried Love

by Sara Teasdale 1884–1933

From Helen of Troy and Other Poems (1911)

Death & Dying

I shall bury my weary Love
Beneath a tree,
In the forest tall and black
Where none can see.

I shall put no flowers at his head,
Nor stone at his feet,
For the mouth I loved so much
Was bittersweet.

I shall go no more to his grave,
For the woods are cold.
I shall gather as much of joy
As my hands can hold.

I shall stay all day in the sun
Where the wide winds blow,
But oh, I shall weep at night
When none will know.

MLA

Teasdale, Sara. “Buried Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/164/.

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