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 ...
All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another ...
Aye, but she?Your other sister and my other soulGrave Silence, lovelierThan the three loveliest maidens, what of her?Clio, not you,Not ...
The room is full of you!—As I came in And closed the door behind me, all at once A something ...
Read by the poet at The Public Ceremonial of The National Institute of Arts and Letters at Carnegie Hall, New ...
God had called us, and we came;Our loved Earth to ashes left; Heaven was a neighbor's house,Open flung to us, ...
Ah, could I lay me down in this long grassAnd close my eyes, and let the quiet windBlow over me—I ...
I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.So it is, and so it ...
Not in this chamber only at my birth— When the long hours of that mysterious night Were over, ...
Where can the heart be hidden in the groundAnd be at peace, and be at peace forever,Under the world, untroubled ...
"Heaven bless the babe!" they said. "What queer books she must have read!" (Love, by whom I was beguiled, Grant I may not bear a child.) "Little does she guess to-day What the world may be!" they say. (Snow, drift deep and cover Till the spring my murdered lover.)(Edna St. Vincent Millay)
I think I will learn some beautiful language, useless for commercialPurposes, work hard at that.I think I will learn the ...
Oh, my beloved, have you thought of this:How in the years to come unscrupulous Time,More cruel than Death, will tear ...
Into the golden vessel of great songLet us pour all our passion; breast to breastLet other lovers lie, in love ...
Cherish you then the hope I shall forgetAt length, my lord, Pieria?-put awayFor your so passing sake, this mouth of ...
O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!Thy mists that roll and rise!Thy woods this ...
If I were to walk this wayHand in hand with Grief,I should mark that maple-sprayComing into leaf.I should note how ...
Being Young and Green, I said in love's despite:Never in the world will I to living wightGive over, air my ...
(Nicola Sacco -- Bartolomeo Vanzetti) Executed August 23, 1927 I As men have loved their lovers in times past And ...
Edna St. Vincent Millay - Intention To Escape From Him I think I will learn some beautiful language, useless for ...
Oh, my beloved, have you thought of this: How in the years to come unscrupulous Time, More cruel than Death, ...
Read by the poet at The Public Ceremonial of The Naional Institute of Arts and Letters at Carnegie Hall, New ...
Cherish you then the hope I shall forget At length, my lord, Pieria?-put away For your so passing sake, this ...
If I were to walk this way Hand in hand with Grief, I should mark that maple-spray Coming into leaf. ...
Not in this chamber only at my birth- When the long hours of that mysterious night Were over, and the ...
God had called us, and we came; Our loved Earth to ashes left; Heaven was a neighbor's house, Open to ...
(On reflecting that the world is ready to go to war again) Detestable race, continue to expunge yourself, die out. ...
Into the golden vessel of great song Let us pour all our passion; breast to breast Let other lovers lie, ...
All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another ...
Being Young and Green, I said in love's despite: Never in the world will I to living wight Give over, ...
Ah, could I lay me down in this long grass And close my eyes, and let the quiet wind Blow ...
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