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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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Martyred many times must be Who would keep his country free.
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O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
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She learned her hands in a fairy-tale, And her mouth on a valentine.
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I am not at all in favor of hard work for its own sake many people who work very hard indeed produce terrible things, and should most certainly not be encouraged.
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That is my being, the madness of an unaccustomed mood.
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A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public eye with his pants down.
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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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Not poppy, nor mandrake, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep, Which thou owest yesterday.
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Blessed be Death, that cuts in marble What would have sunk to dust!
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What should I be but just what I am?
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Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom, golden in the green grass, This life can be. Common as a dandelion-blossom, beautiful in the clean grass, not beautiful Because common, beautiful because beautiful, Noble because common, because free.
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After the feet of beauty fly my own.
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Stranger, pause and look From the dust of ages Lift this little book, Turn the tattered pages, Read me, do not let me die! Search the fading letters finding Steadfast in the broken binding All that once was I!
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To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough.
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Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread.
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What terrible fear causes Man to address the Void as Thou?
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