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1884–1933

Song at Capri

Sara Teasdale

When beauty grows too great to bear How shall I ease me of its ache, For beauty more than bitterness Makes the heart break.

Now while I watch the dreaming sea With isles like flowers against her breast, Only one voice in all the world Could give me rest.

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Song at Capri · Sara Teasdale · Poetry Cove