Sara Teasdale

I shall make the most of all that comes: And the least of all that goes

I shall make the most of all that comes: And the least of all that goes

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.

I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.

I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.

Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways read more

Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup.

I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.

I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.