“Life has loveliness to sell,
All beautiful and splendid things,
Blue waves whitened on a cliff,
Soaring fire that sways and sings,
And children's faces looking up
Holding wonder like a cup.”

—  Sara Teasdale

"Barter"
Love Songs (1917)

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American writer and poet 1884–1933

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