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1884–1933

ALCHEMY

Sara Teasdale

I LIFT my heart as spring lifts up A yellow daisy to the rain; My heart will be a lovely cup Altho’ it holds but pain.

For I shall learn from flower and leaf That color every drop they hold, To change the lifeless wine of grief To living gold.

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