Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems (318 Poems)
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[Four Sonnets (1922)] (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
I1.Love, though for this you riddle me with darts,.And drag me at your chariot till I die, —.Oh, heavy prince! Oh, panderer of hearts! —.Yet hear me tell how in their throats they lie.Who shout you mighty: thick about my … Continue reading
Bluebeard (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
This door you might not open, and you did;So enter now, and see for what slight thingYou are betrayed… Here is no treasure hid,No cauldron, no clear crystal mirroringThe sought-for truth, no heads of women slainFor greed like yours, no … Continue reading
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 you, Calliope,Nor all your wanton line,Not Beauty’s perfect self shall comfort meFor Silence once departed,For her the cool-tongued, her the … Continue reading
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 in the air, intangible, Yet stiff with meaning, struck my senses sick!— Sharp, unfamiliar odors have destroyed Each other room’s … Continue reading
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 way, And saw three islands in a bay. So with my eyes I traced the line Of the horizon, thin … Continue reading
The Suicide (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Curse thee, Life, I will live with thee no more! Thou hast mocked me, starved me, beat my body sore! And all for a pledge that was not pledged by me, I have kissed thy crust and eaten sparingly That … Continue reading
Eight Sonnets (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
I When you, that at this moment are to me Dearer than words on paper, shall depart, And be no more the warder of my heart, Whereof again myself shall hold the key; And be … Continue reading
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 York, January 18th, 1941. Great Muse, that from this hall absent for longHast never been, Great Muse of Song,Colossal Muse … Continue reading
The Blue Flag In The Bog (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
God had called us, and we came;Our loved Earth to ashes left; Heaven was a neighbor’s house,Open flung to us, bereft. Gay the lights of Heaven showed,And ’twas God who walked ahead; Yet I wept along the road,Wanting my own … Continue reading
The Ballad Of The Harp-Weaver (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
Son, said my mother,When I was knee-high,“You’ve need of clothes to cover you,And not a rag have I. “There’s nothing in the houseTo make a boy breeches,Nor shears to cut a cloth with,Nor thread to take stitches. “There’s nothing in … Continue reading
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