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
death darkness lovely
Death devours all lovely things; Lesbia with her sparrow Shares the darkness--presently Every bed is narrow.
madness mood
That is my being, the madness of an unaccustomed mood.
father littles tasks
Father, I beg of Thee a little task To dignify my days, 'tis all I ask.
life forever goes-on
Life goes on forever like the gnawing of a mouse.
law lambs used
I am not afraid of lawyers as I used to be. They are lambs in wolves' clothing.
stones far-away euclid
Euclid alone Has looked on Beauty bare. Fortunate they Who, though once only and then but far away, Have heard her massive sandal set on stone.
beautiful fear fall
Lord, I do fear Thou'st made the world too beautiful this year My soul is all but out of me-let fall No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.
body cry longing
For the body at best Is a bundle of aches, Longing for rest; It cries when it wakes.
math euclid sandals
Euclid Alone Has Looked on Beauty Bare.
compassion generosity care
All my life, Following Care along the dusty road, Have I looked back on loveliness and sighed ....
heart littles grows
The heart grows weary after a little Of what it loved for a little while.
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I have loved badly, loved the great Too soon, withdrawn my words too late; And eaten in an echoing hall Alone and from a chipped plate The words that I withdrew too late.
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.
men void causes
What terrible fear causes Man to address the Void as Thou?