Arts & Sciences

Morning Song

by Sara Teasdale 1884–1933

From Flame and Shadow (1920)

Arts & Sciences

A diamond of a morning
Waked me an hour too soon;
Dawn had taken in the stars
And left the faint white moon.

O white moon, you are lonely,
It is the same with me,
But we have the world to roam over,
Only the lonely are free.

MLA

Teasdale, Sara. “Morning Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/253/.

Chicago

Teasdale, Sara. “Morning Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/253/.

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