PagineGifts
by Sara Teasdale
From Rivers to the Sea (1915)
I gave my first love laughter,
I gave my second tears,
I gave my third love silence
Thru all the years.
My first love gave me singing,
My second eyes to see,
But oh, it was my third love
Who gave my soul to me.
This poem is in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.