THE OLD MAID
I saw her in a Broadway car,The woman I might grow to be;I felt my lover look at herAnd then turn suddenly to me.Her hair was dull and drew no light,And yet its color was as mine;Her eyes were strangely like my eyes,Tho’ love had never made them shine.Her body was a thing grown thin,Hungry for love that never came;Her soul was frozen in the dark,Unwarmed forever by love’s flame.I felt my lover look at herAnd then turn suddenly to me—His eyes were magic to defyThe woman I shall never be.The ForumSara Teasdale
I saw her in a Broadway car,The woman I might grow to be;I felt my lover look at herAnd then turn suddenly to me.Her hair was dull and drew no light,And yet its color was as mine;Her eyes were strangely like my eyes,Tho’ love had never made them shine.Her body was a thing grown thin,Hungry for love that never came;Her soul was frozen in the dark,Unwarmed forever by love’s flame.I felt my lover look at herAnd then turn suddenly to me—His eyes were magic to defyThe woman I shall never be.The ForumSara Teasdale
I saw her in a Broadway car,The woman I might grow to be;I felt my lover look at herAnd then turn suddenly to me.
I saw her in a Broadway car,
The woman I might grow to be;
I felt my lover look at her
And then turn suddenly to me.
Her hair was dull and drew no light,And yet its color was as mine;Her eyes were strangely like my eyes,Tho’ love had never made them shine.
Her hair was dull and drew no light,
And yet its color was as mine;
Her eyes were strangely like my eyes,
Tho’ love had never made them shine.
Her body was a thing grown thin,Hungry for love that never came;Her soul was frozen in the dark,Unwarmed forever by love’s flame.
Her body was a thing grown thin,
Hungry for love that never came;
Her soul was frozen in the dark,
Unwarmed forever by love’s flame.
I felt my lover look at herAnd then turn suddenly to me—His eyes were magic to defyThe woman I shall never be.
I felt my lover look at her
And then turn suddenly to me—
His eyes were magic to defy
The woman I shall never be.
The ForumSara Teasdale