Love

The Look

by Sara Teasdale 1884–1933

From Rivers to the Sea

Love

Strephon kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.

Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,
Robin's lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin's eyes
Haunts me night and day.

MLA

Teasdale, Sara. “The Look.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/3/.

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