Edna St. Vincent Millay image
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Born in February 22, 1892 / Died in October 19, 1950 / United States / English

Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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I Know I Am But Summer To Your Heart

... Else will you seek, at some not distant time, ...

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The Ballad Of The Harp-Weaver

... Makes your mother's blood crawl,—"Little skinny shoulder-blades ...

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Oh, Oh, You Will Be Sorry

... Some sane day, not too bright and not too stormy, ...

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Dirge Without Music

... approve. More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the ...

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Sonnet 06: Bluebeard

... For greed like yours, no writhings of distress ...

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Recuerdo

... We hailed, "Good morrow, mother!" to a shawl-covered head, ...

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Autumn Daybreak

... Jostling the doors, and tearing through ...

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Grown-up

... Was it for this I uttered prayers,And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,That now, domestic as a plate,I should retire at half-past eight? ...

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The Suicide

... I shall but come into mine own again!"Thus I to Life, and ceased, and spake no more, ...

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Here Is A Wound That Never Will Heal, I Know

... Here is a wound that never will heal, I know, ...

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Conscientious Objector

... business in the Balkans, many calls to make this morning ...

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Burial

... And have for a grave, instead of a grave ...

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City Trees

... I watch you when the wind has come,— ...

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Ode To Silence

... Shall lie till age has withered them! (Ah, sweetly from the rest ...

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Elegy Before Death

... Oh, there will pass with your great passing ...