Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millaywas an American poet and playwright. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, the third woman to win the award for poetry, and was also known for her feminist activism. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work. The poet Richard Wilbur asserted, "She wrote some of the best sonnets of the century."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth22 February 1892
CountryUnited States of America
lost soar climbs
Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, but climb.
bad-ass giving advice
Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.
men void causes
What terrible fear causes Man to address the Void as Thou?
children earth woods
Earth does not understand her child, Who from the loud gregarious town Returns, depleted and defiled, To the still woods, to fling him down.
funny inspirational-love hate
I love humanity but I hate people.
should should-i
What should I be but just what I am?
happiness despair bread
Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread.
girl two ghost
A ghost in marble of a girl you knew Who would have loved you in a day or two.
rocks shining house
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand. Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
music
Music my rampart, and my only one.
world enough thee
O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
spring flower april
April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
regret too-late all-alone
I have loved badly, loved the great Too soon, withdrawn my words too late; And eaten in an echoing hall Alone and from a chipped plate The words that I withdrew too late.
beautiful witty intelligent
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.