Death & Dying

In the End

by Sara Teasdale 1884–1933

From Flame and Shadow (1920)

Death & Dying

All that could never be said,
All that could never be done,
Wait for us at last
Somewhere back of the sun;

All the heart broke to forego
Shall be ours without pain,
We shall take them as lightly as girls
Pluck flowers after rain.

And when they are ours in the end
Perhaps after all
The skies will not open for us
Nor heaven be there at our call.

MLA

Teasdale, Sara. “In the End.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/280/.

Chicago

Teasdale, Sara. “In the End.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/280/.

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