Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American lyrical poet. In 1913 Teasdale fell in love with poet Vachel Lindsay. Although she married someone else Sara and Vachel remained friends throughout their lives. Some of the poems in Rivers to the Sea include To a Castilian song, Broadway, A winter bluejay, In a restaurant, Joy, In a railroad station, In the train, To one away, Song, Deep in the night, The India wharf, I shall not care, Desert pools, and Longing.

First published in 1915 'Rivers to the Sea' embodies Sara Teasdale's major strengths as a poet: an intense and perceptive lyricism, an empathy for the lost and sad moments of human existence, and a deep feeling for the natural world.

First published in 1920, this edition is characteristic of Teasdale's work - short poems of enormous emotional and lyrical grace, and full of premonitions of death, loss and grief, and loving appreciation of the natural world. Check out our other books at www.dogstailbooks.co.uk This collection also contains her best-known poem - "There will Come Soft Rains."

"Flame and Shadow" from Sara Teasdale. American lyrical poet (1884-1933).

"Helen of Troy and Other Poems" from Sara Teasdale. American lyrical poet (1884-1933).

"Rivers to the Sea" from Sara Teasdale. American lyrical poet (1884-1933).

Wild flight on flight against the fading dawn The flames' red wings soar upward duskily. This is the funeral pyre and Troy is dead That sparkled so the day I saw it first, And darkened slowly after. I am she Who loves all beauty -- yet I wither it.

The collection of poems in Strange Victory are the last ones written by Sara Teasdale and published after her death in 1933. They include "In Memory of Vachel Lindsay."