Sara Teasdale. It is not a Word. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

It is not a Word

By Sara Teasdale


From “Memories” IT is not a word spoken—
Few words are said,
Nor even a look of the eyes,
Nor a bend of the head;
But only a hush of the heart	5
That has too much to keep,
Only memories waking
That sleep so light a sleep.