DARK OF THE MOON _BOOKS BY SARA TEASDALE_ SONNETS TO DUSE (out of print) HELEN OF TROY AND OTHER POEMS RIVERS TO THE SEA LOVE SONGS FLAME AND SHADOW _ANTHOLOGIES_: THE ANSWERING VOICE: ONE HUNDRED LOVE LYRICS BY WOMEN RAINBOW GOLD: POEMS OLD AND NEW, SELECTED FOR BOYS AND GIRLS DARK OF THE MOON BY SARA TEASDALE NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1926 _Copyright, 1921, by Harper Brothers, Charles Scribner’s Sons, The Century Company, Harcourt Brace and Company, George H. Doran Company, The New Republic, Inc., and The Yale Publishing Association._ _Copyright, 1922, by The Century Company, Harcourt Brace and Company, Vanity Fair Publishing Company, Inc., and George H. Doran Company._ _Copyright, 1923, by Charles Scribner’s Sons, The Century Company, The New Republic, Inc., Gene Derwood and The Atlantic Monthly Company._ _Copyright, 1924, by The Dial Publishing Company, Inc., The Century Company, George H. Doran Co., and Harriet Monroe._ _Copyright, 1925, by Harcourt Brace and Company, and The Yale Publishing Association._ _Copyright, 1926, by The Atlantic Monthly Company, The Yale Publishing Association, The New Republic, Inc., The Saturday Review Co., Inc., Charles Scribner’s Sons, and The New York Herald-Tribune, Inc._ COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. _to_ E. _Thanks are due to the editors of Scribner’s Magazine, The New Republic, The Yale Review, Poetry, The Dial, The Atlantic Monthly, The London Mercury and other publications for their permission to reprint certain of the following poems._ _For permission to set any of the poems to music, application should be made to the author._ _Contents_ I _THERE WILL BE STARS_ PAGE ON THE SUSSEX DOWNS 15 AUGUST NIGHT 16 TWO MINDS 17 WORDS FOR AN OLD AIR 18 MOUNTAIN WATER 19 AT TINTAGIL 20 “THERE WILL BE STARS” 21 II