Sara Teasdale, comp. (1884–1933).
The Answering Voice: One Hundred Love Lyrics by Women. 1917. | | | | Unwedded | | By Ada Foster Murray |
| | | ALONG her tranquil way she went, | |
| The slow, sad course of changeless years, | |
| While in her burned her youth unspent, | |
| Dulled sometimes by her gentle tears. | |
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| In richer lives she saw the strange, | 5 |
| Sweet urgency of wedded days; | |
| In dreams she watched her pale light change, | |
| Into the steadfast altar blaze. | |
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| And, waking, sadly bowed above | |
| Her slender vestal flame and wept; | 10 |
| Ah, better were the house of love, | |
| By blighting fire and tempest swept. | | | | |
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