Love

Let It Be You

by Sara Teasdale 1884–1933

From Dark of the Moon (1926)

Love

Let it be you who lean above me
On my last day,
Let it be you who shut my eyelids
Forever and aye.

Say a “Good-night” as you have said it
All of these years,
With the old look, with the old whisper
And without tears.

You will know then all that in silence
You always knew,
Though I have loved, I loved no other
As I love you.

MLA

Teasdale, Sara. “Let It Be You.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/350/.

Chicago

Teasdale, Sara. “Let It Be You.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/350/.

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