Love
A Prayer
From Rivers to the Sea
Love
Until I lose my soul and lie
Blind to the beauty of the earth,
Deaf tho' a lyric wind goes by,
Dumb in a storm of mirth;
Until my heart is quenched at length
And I have left the land of men,
Oh let me love with all my strength
Careless if I am loved again.
Cite this poem
MLA
Teasdale, Sara. “A Prayer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/46/.
Chicago
Teasdale, Sara. “A Prayer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/46/.
Read this poem with the Codex →