Life has loveliness to sell --
all beautiful and splendid things,
blue waves whitened on a cliff,
roaring fires that sway and sing,
and children's faces looking up --
holding wonder like a cup --
Life has loveliness to sell,
music like a curve of gold,
scent of pine trees in the rain,
eyes that love you, arms that hold,
and for the spirit's still delight --
holy thoughts that star the night
Spend all you have on loveliness,
buy it and never count the cost --
for one bright shining hour of peace
count many years of strife well lost,
and for a breath of ecstacy --
give all you have been or could be.
-- Sara Teasdale
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