Time & Brevity
The Coin
From Flame and Shadow (1920)
Time & Brevity
Into my heart's treasury
I slipped a coin
That time cannot take
Nor a thief purloin,--
Oh better than the minting
Of a gold-crowned king
Is the safe-kept memory
Of a lovely thing.
Cite this poem
MLA
Teasdale, Sara. “The Coin.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/215/.
Chicago
Teasdale, Sara. “The Coin.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/215/.
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