Love
Eight O'Clock
From Flame and Shadow (1920)
Love
Supper comes at five o'clock,
At six, the evening star,
My lover comes at eight o'clock--
But eight o'clock is far.
How could I bear my pain all day
Unless I watched to see
The clock-hands laboring to bring
Eight o'clock to me.
Cite this poem
MLA
Teasdale, Sara. “Eight O'Clock.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/227/.
Chicago
Teasdale, Sara. “Eight O'Clock.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/227/.
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