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Poem by Sara Teasdale


On the Wind


Joy goes by like a bird,
Love goes by like a leaf
But slow as an aged man's
Are the steps of grief.

Catch joy if your wings can fly,
And love if your feet can run;
But grief will still be there
When the game is done. 



Sara Teasdale


Sara Teasdale's other poems:
  1. Riches
  2. Enough
  3. Dusk in War Time
  4. Child, Child
  5. Houses of Dreams


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