Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A REPLY, by SARA TEASDALE


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First Line: Four people knew the very me
Last Line: On memories I would not lose.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.


Four people knew the very me,
Four is enough, so let it be;
For the rest I make no chart,
There are no highroads to my heart;
The gates are locked, they will not stir
For any ardent traveller.
I have not been misunderstood,
And on the whole, I think life good --
So waste no sympathy on me
Or any well-meant gallantry;
I have enough to do to muse
On memories I would not lose.





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