Love

The Wine

by Sara Teasdale 1884–1933

From Flame and Shadow (1920)

Love

I cannot die, who drank delight
From the cup of the crescent moon,
And hungrily as men eat bread,
Loved the scented nights of June.

The rest may die--but is there not
Some shining strange escape for me
Who sought in Beauty the bright wine
Of immortality?

MLA

Teasdale, Sara. “The Wine.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/246/.

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