Sara Teasdale, comp. (1884–1933).
The Answering Voice: One Hundred Love Lyrics by Women. 1917. | | | | The Birch Tree at Loschwitz | | By Amy Levy |
| | | AT Loschwitz above the city | |
| The air is sunny and chill; | |
| The birch trees and the pine trees | |
| Grow thick upon the hill. | |
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| Lone and tall, with silver stem, | 5 |
| A birch tree stands apart; | |
| The passionate wind of spring-time | |
| Stirs in its leafy heart. | |
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| I lean against the birch tree, | |
| My arms around it twine; | 10 |
| It pulses, and leaps, and quivers, | |
| Like a human heart to mine. | |
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| One moment I stand, then sudden | |
| Let loose mine arms that cling: | |
| O God! the lonely hillside, | 15 |
| The passionate wind of spring! | | | | |
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