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1884–1933

The Wine

Sara Teasdale

I cannot die, who drank delight From the cup of the crescent moon, And hungrily as men eat bread, Loved the scented nights of June.

The rest may die — but is there not Some shining strange escape for me Who sought in Beauty the bright wine Of immortality?

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