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Sara Teasdale - Testament
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I said, "I will take my life 
And throw it away; 
I who was fire and song 
Will turn to clay."

"I will lie no more in the night 
With shaken breath, 
I will toss my heart in the air 
To be caught by Death."

But out of the night I heard, 
Like the inland sound of the sea, 
The hushed and terrible sob 
Of all humanity.

Then I said, "Oh who am I 
To scorn God to his face? 
I will bow my head and stay 
And suffer with my race."
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