Love

Gifts

by Sara Teasdale 1884–1933

From Rivers to the Sea

Love

I gave my first love laughter,
I gave my second tears,
I gave my third love silence
Thru all the years.

My first love gave me singing,
My second eyes to see,
But oh, it was my third love
Who gave my soul to me.

MLA

Teasdale, Sara. “Gifts.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/87/.

Chicago

Teasdale, Sara. “Gifts.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/87/.

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