Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FLIGHT, by SARA TEASDALE


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First Line: Look back with longing eyes and know that I will follow
Last Line: But what if I heard my first love calling me once more?
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Birds; Death; Eagles; Togetherness; Dead, The


Look back with longing eyes and know that I will follow,
Lift me up in your love as a light wind lifts a swallow,
Let our flight be far in sun or blowing rain --
But what if I heard my first love calling me again?

Hold me on your heart as the brave sea holds the foam,
Take me far away to the hills that hide your home;
Peace shall thatch the roof and love shall latch the door --
But what if I heard my first love calling me once more?







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