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COMPENSATION by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I SHOULD BE GLAD OF LONELINESS
Last Line: ON A WINTER NIGHT.
Subject(s): SOLITUDE; LONELINESS;
I should be glad of loneliness
And hours that go on broken wings,
A thirsty body, a tired heart
And the unchanging ache of things,
If I could make a single song
As lovely and as full of light,
As hushed and brief as a falling star
On a winter night.



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