Love

Love-Free

by Sara Teasdale 1884–1933

From Rivers to the Sea

Love

I am free of love as a bird flying south in the autumn,
Swift and intent, asking no joy from another,
Glad to forget all of the passion of April
Ere it was love-free.

I am free of love, and I listen to music lightly,
But if he returned, if he should look at me deeply,
I should awake, I should awake and remember
I am my lover's.

MLA

Teasdale, Sara. “Love-Free.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/41/.

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Teasdale, Sara. “Love-Free.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/41/.

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