Sara Teasdale, comp. (1884–1933).
The Answering Voice: One Hundred Love Lyrics by Women. 1917. | | | | “Oh, the Burden, the Burden of Love Ungiven” | | By Grace Fallow Norton |
| | | OH, the burden, the burden of love ungiven, | |
| The weight of laughter unshed, | |
| Oh, heavy caresses, unblown tendernesses, | |
| Oh, love-words unsung and unsaid. | |
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| Oh, the burden, the burden of love unspoken, | 5 |
| The cramp of silence close-furled, | |
| To lips that would utter, to hands that would scatter | |
| Love’s seed on the paths of the world. | |
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| Oh, the heavy burden of love ungiven: | |
| My breast doth this burden bear; | 10 |
| Deep in my bosom the unblown blossom— | |
| My world-love that withers there. | | | | |
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