Arts & Sciences

Song

by Sara Teasdale 1884–1933

From Helen of Troy and Other Poems (1911)

Arts & Sciences

O woe is me, my heart is sad,
For I should never know
If Love came by like any lad,
Without his silver bow.

Or if he left his arrows sharp
And came a minstrel weary,
I'd never tell him by his harp
Nor know him for my dearie.

"O go your ways and have no fear,
For tho' Love passes by,
He'll come a hundred times, my dear,
Before your turn to die."

MLA

Teasdale, Sara. “Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/165/.

Chicago

Teasdale, Sara. “Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/165/.

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