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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER PARTING, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, I have sown my love so wide
Last Line: And in the night a shaft of fire.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation
First Line: Oh, I have sown my love so wide
Last Line: And in the night a shaft of fire.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation
Oh, I have sown my love so wide
That he will find it everywhere;
It will awake him in the night,
It will enfold him in the air.
I set my shadow in his sight
And I have winged it with desire,
That it may be a cloud by day,
And in the night a shaft of fire.
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