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You see, I am a poet, and not quite right in the head, darling. It’s only that.
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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I am all the time talking about you, and bragging, to one person or another. I am like the Ancient Mariner, who had a tale in his heart he must unfold to all. I am always buttonholing somebody and saying, Someday you must meet my mother.
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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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