Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE NET, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I made you many and many a song,
Last Line: Dark splendor of the sea
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Love - Unrequited

I made you many and many a song,
Yet never one told all you are,
It was as though a net of words
Were flung to catch a star;

It was as though I curved my hand
And dipped sea-water eagerly,
Only to find it lost the blue
Dark splendor of the sea.