Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
LessonsSara Teasdale
From “Songs out of Stress”
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From any other soul but mine,
To seek no strength in waving reeds
Nor shade beneath a straggling pine;
Unless I learn to look at Grief
Unshrinking from her tear-blind eyes,
And take from Pleasure fearlessly
Whatever gifts will make me wise—
Unless I learn these things on earth
Why was I ever given birth?