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I had a little sorrow, Born of a little sin.
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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Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree, Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one, Yet knows its boughs more silent than before
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We were so wholly one I had not thought That we could die apart. I had not thought That I could move,—and you be stiff and still! That I could speak,—and you perforce be dumb! I think our heart-strings were, like warp and woof In some firm fabric, woven in and out Your golden filaments in fair design Across my duller fibre.
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Let us not forget such words, and all they mean, as hatred, bitterness, and rancor greed, intolerance, bigotry let us renew our faith and pledge to man, his right to be himself and free.
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You see, I am a poet, and not quite right in the head, darling. It’s only that.
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Not Truth, but Faith it is that keeps the world alive.
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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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I know, but I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
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All my life, Following Care along the dusty road, Have I looked back on loveliness and sighed.
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Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread.
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When you publish something, it is very much as if you pulled your pants down in public. If what you have written is good, nobody can hurt you if what you have written is bad, nobody can help you.
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If I love you Wednesday, What is that to you? I do not love you Thursday - so much is true.
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I will come back to you, I swear I will And you will know me still. I shall be only a little taller Than when I went.
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Strange how few, After alls said and done, the things that are Of moment.
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But she was not made for any man, and she will never be all mine.
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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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