I saw the sunset-colored sands, The Nile like flowing fire between, Where Rameses stares forth serene, And Ammon's heavy temple stands. I saw the rocks where long ago, Above the sea that cries and breaks, Swift Perseus with Medusa's snakes Set free the maiden white like snow. And many skies have covered me, And many winds have blown me forth, And I have loved the green, bright north, And I have loved the cold, sweet sea. But what to me are north and south, And what the lure of many lands, Since you have leaned to catch my hands And lay a kiss upon my mouth.

In 1933 Sara Teasdale died by suicide overdosing on sleeping pills. In 1918 her poetry collection Love Songs (released 1917) Sara Teasdale won the 1918 Pulitzer Prize for poetry – the first woman to do so – that was sponsored by the Poetry Society of America. In the years 1911 to 1914 Teasdale was courted by several men including poet Vachel Lindsay who was absolutely in love with her but did not feel that he could provide enough money or stability to keep her satisfied.

Louis Missouri and after her marriage in 1914 Sara Teasdale went by the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger. Sara Teasdale (August 8 1884 – January 29 1933) was an American lyrical poet.