Sara Teasdale — Water Lilies

If you have forgotten water lilies floating        &nbsp On a dark lake among mountains in the afternoon shade, If you have forgotten their wet, sleepy fragrance,        &nbsp Then you can return and not be afraid. But if you remember, then turn away forever        &nbsp To the plains and the prairies where pools are far apart, There you will not come at dusk on closing water lilies,        &nbsp And the shadow of mountains will not fall on your heart.