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Rivers to the Sea
To Dick, on His Sixth Birthday

by Sara Teasdale

Tho' I am very old and wise,
And you are neither wise nor old,
When I look far into your eyes,
I know things I was never told:
I know how flame must strain and fret
Prisoned in a mortal net;
How joy with over-eager wings,
Bruises the small heart where he sings;
How too much life, like too much gold,
Is sometimes very hard to hold ....
All that is talking - but I know
This much is true, six years ago
An angel living near the moon
Walked thru the sky and sang a tune
Plucking stars to make his crown -
And suddenly two stars fell down,
Two falling arrows made of light.
Six years ago this very night 
I saw them fall and wondered why
The angel dropped them from the sky -
But when I saw your eyes I knew
The angel sent the stars to you.
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