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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Sorrow

... All my thoughts are slow and brown: ...

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Lament

... There'll be in his pocketsThings he used to put there,Keys and penniesCovered with tobacco ...

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If I Should Learn, In Some Quite Casual Way

... Aloud, or wring my hands in such a place— ...

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Not In A Silver Casket Cool With Pearls

... Worked in such fashion, and the legend plain— ...

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Interim

... urch forward out of sight— * * * * * * *Ah, I am worn out—I am wearied out— ...

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The True Encounter

... "Wolf! Wolf!"—and up would start ...

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Epitaph

... Roses that she loved so well: ...

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Elegy

... Not the note the white-throat utters, ...

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The Dream

... There was a shutter loose,—it screeched!Swung in the wind,—and no wind blowing!— ...

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The Unexplorer

... (That's why I have not travelled more ...

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Love, Though for This

... ILOVE, though for this you riddle me with darts, ...

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Assault

... Who will walk Between me and the crying of the frogs ...

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The Philosopher

... And what are you, that you should be ...

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Two Sonnets In Memory

... Gone from this world indeed what's graveward carried, ...

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Inland

... Far from the sea-board, far from the soundOf water sucking the hollow ledges, ...