Renascence (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another ...
Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems on Death & Dying (43 Poems)
Ode To Silence (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Aye, but she?Your other sister and my other soulGrave Silence, lovelierThan the three loveliest maidens, what of her?Clio, not you,Not ...
Interim (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
The room is full of you!—As I came in And closed the door behind me, all at once A something ...
Eight Sonnets (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
I When you, that at this moment are to me Dearer than words on paper, shall ...
Invocation To The Muses (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Read by the poet at The Public Ceremonial of The National Institute of Arts and Letters at Carnegie Hall, New ...
The Poet And His Book (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Down, you mongrel, Death!Back into your kennel!I have stolen breathIn a stalk of fennel!You shall scratch and you shall whineMany ...
Justice Denied In Massachusetts (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Let us abandon then our gardens and go homeAnd sit in the sitting-roomShall the larkspur blossom or the corn grow ...
The Leaf And The Tree (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
When will you learn, myself, to bea dying leaf on a living tree?Budding, swelling, growing strong,Wearing green, but not for ...
Conscientious Objector (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death.I hear him leading his horse out of ...
Not Even My Pride Shall Suffer Much (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Not even my pride shall suffer much;Not even my pride at all, maybe,If this ill-timed, intemperate clutchBe loosed by you ...
Dirge (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Boys and girls that held her dear, Do your weeping now; All you loved of her lies here. Brought to earth the arrogant brow, And the withering tongue Chastened; do your weeping now. Sing whatever songs are sung, Wind whatever wreath, For a playmate perished young, For a spirit spent in death. Boys and girls that held her dear, All you loved of her lies here.(Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Spring (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with ...
Thou Art Not Lovelier Than Lilacs (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Thou art not lovelier than lilacs,—no, Nor honeysuckle; thou art not more fair Than small white single poppies,—I ...
The Doctor Asked Her What She Wanted Done (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
The doctor asked her what she wanted done With him, that could not lie there many days. And she was ...
I Do But Ask That You Be Always Fair (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
I do but ask that you be always fair That I forever may continue kind; Knowing me what I am, ...
Oh, My Beloved, Have You Thought Of This (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Oh, my beloved, have you thought of this:How in the years to come unscrupulous Time,More cruel than Death, will tear ...
Here Is A Wound That Never Will Heal, I Know (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Here is a wound that never will heal, I know,Being wrought not of a dearness and a death,But of a ...
And You As Well Must Die, Beloved Dust (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
And you as well must die, beloved dust,And all your beauty stand you in no stead;This flawless, vital hand, this ...
The Shroud (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Death, I say, my heart is bowed Unto thine,—O mother! This red gown will make a shroud Good ...
Doubt No More That Oberon (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Doubt no more that Oberon—Never doubt that PanLived, and played a reed, and ranAfter nymphs in a dark forest,In the ...
Mariposa (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Butterflies are white and blue In this field we wander through. Suffer me to take your hand. Death comes in ...
Wild Swans (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over. And what did I see I had not seen ...
Passer Mortuus Est (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Death devours all lovely things;Lesbia with her sparrowShares the darkness, presentlyEvery bed is narrowUnremembered as old rainDries the sheer libation,And ...
Justice Denied In Massachusetts (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Let us abandon then our gardens and go home And sit in the sitting-room Shall the larkspur blossom or the ...
Sonnet 01: Thou Art Not Lovelier Than Lilacs,-No (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Thou art not lovelier than lilacs,-no, Nor honeysuckle; thou art not more fair Than small white single poppies,-I can bear ...
Interim (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
The room is full of you!-As I came in And closed the door behind me, all at once A something ...
The Leaf And The Tree (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
When will you learn, myself, to be a dying leaf on a living tree? Budding, swelling, growing strong, Wearing green, ...
Wild Swans (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over. And what did I see I had not seen ...
Mariposa (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Butterflies are white and blue In this field we wander through. Suffer me to take your hand. Death comes in ...
Sonnets 10: Oh, My Beloved, Have You Thought Of This (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Oh, my beloved, have you thought of this: How in the years to come unscrupulous Time, More cruel than Death, ...