362. Over the Roofs by Sara Teasdale. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

362. Over the Roofs

By Sara Teasdale


I SAID, “I have shut my heart,
As one shuts an open door,
That Love may starve therein
And trouble me no more.”

But over the roofs there came	5
The wet new wind of May,
And a tune blew up from the curb
Where the street-pianos play.

My room was white with the sun
And Love cried out in me,	10
“I am strong, I will break your heart
Unless you set me free.”