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Music my rampart, and my only one.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Age: 58 †
Born: 1892
Born: February 22
Died: 1950
Died: October 19
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Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand. Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
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Beauty never slumbers All is in her name But the rose remembers The dust from which it came.
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If I could have two things in one: the peace of the grave, and the light of the sun.
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Life has no friend.
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But far, oh, far as passionate eye can reach, And long, ah, long as rapturous eye can cling, The world is mine: blue hill, still silver lake, Broad field, bright flower, and the long white road A gateless garden, and an open path: My feet to follow, and my heart to hold.
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Lord I do fear / Thou'st made the world too beautiful this year.
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