Sara Teasdale, comp. (1884–1933).
The Answering Voice: One Hundred Love Lyrics by Women. 1917. | | | | The Hawthorn Tree | | By Willa Sibert Cather |
| | | ACROSS the shimmering meadows— | |
| Ah, when he came to me! | |
| In the spring-time, | |
| In the night-time, | |
| In the starlight, | 5 |
| Beneath the hawthorn tree. | |
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| Up from the misty marshland— | |
| Ah, when he climbed to me! | |
| To my white bower, | |
| To my sweet rest, | 10 |
| To my warm breast, | |
| Beneath the hawthorn tree. | |
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| Ask of me what the birds sang, | |
| High in the hawthorn tree; | |
| What the breeze tells, | 15 |
| What the rose smells, | |
| What the stars shine— | |
| Not what he said to me! | | | | |
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