"I have no riches but my thoughts, Yet these are wealth enough for me

Stephen kissed me in the spring,Robin in the fall,But Colin only looked at meAnd never kissed at all.Stephen’s kiss was lost in jest,Robin’s lost in play,But the kiss in Colin’s eyesHaunts me night and day.
~ Sara Teasdale ~












Stephen kissed me in the spring,Robin in the fall,But Colin only looked at meAnd never kissed at all...
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