Love
"Oh You Are Coming"
From Flame and Shadow (1920)
Love
Oh you are coming, coming, coming,
How will hungry Time put by the hours till then?--
But why does it anger my heart to long so
For one man out of the world of men?
Oh I would live in myself only
And build my life lightly and still as a dream--
Are not my thoughts clearer than your thoughts
And colored like stones in a running stream?
Now the slow moon brightens in heaven,
The stars are ready, the night is here--
Oh why must I lose myself to love you,
My dear?
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MLA
Teasdale, Sara. “"Oh You Are Coming".” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/220/.
Chicago
Teasdale, Sara. “"Oh You Are Coming".” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/220/.
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