Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PRAYER (2), by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I am dying, let me know Last Line: Loving life for its own sake. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Life | ||||||||
When I am dying, let me know That I loved the blowing snow Although it stung like whips; That I loved all lovely things And I tried to take their stings With gay unembittered lips; That I loved with all my strength, To my soul's full depth and length, Careless if my heart must break, That I sang as children sing Fitting tunes to everything, Loving life for its own sake. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW |
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