Nature
Coney Island
From Helen of Troy and Other Poems (1911)
Nature
Why did you bring me here?
The sand is white with snow,
Over the wooden domes
The winter sea-winds blow--
There is no shelter near,
Come, let us go.
With foam of icy lace
The sea creeps up the sand,
The wind is like a hand
That strikes us in the face.
Doors that June set a-swing
Are bolted long ago;
We try them uselessly--
Alas, there cannot be
For us a second spring;
Come, let us go.
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MLA
Teasdale, Sara. “Coney Island.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/173/.
Chicago
Teasdale, Sara. “Coney Island.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/173/.
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