February Twilight
I stood beside a hill
Smooth with new-laid snow,
A single star looked out
From the cold evening glow.
There was no other creature
That saw what I could see –
I stood and watched the evening star
As long as it watched me.
~~
Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
from Dark of the Moon, 1926
[Poem is in the public domain in Canada and the European Union]
Sara Teasdale biography
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