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THOUGHTS (2) by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN I AM ALL ALONE
Last Line: THAN WOMEN AND MEN.
Subject(s): THOUGHT; THINKING;
When I am all alone
Envy me most,
Then my thoughts flutter round me
In a glimmering host;

Some dressed in silver,
Some dressed in white,
Each like a taper
Blossoming light;

Most of them merry,
Some of them grave,
Each of them lithe
As willows that wave;

Some bearing violets,
Some bearing bay,
One with a burning rose
Hidden away --

When I am all alone
Envy me then,
For I have better friends
Than women and men.



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