Vincent Millay
Vincent Millay
hate mean equality
Let us not forget such words, and all they mean, as hatred, bitterness, and rancor greed, intolerance, bigotry; let us renew our faith and pledge to man, his right to be himself and free.
age youth aging
Youth, have no pity; leave no farthing here For age to invest in compromise and fear.
feet my-own
After the feet of beauty fly my own.
truth honesty grief
If ever I said in grief or pride, I'd tired of honest things, I lied.
funny life damn
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.
love dog men
Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.
running singing bud
On and on eternally Shall your altered fluid run, Bud and bloom and go to seed; But your singing days are done
lonely winter bird
Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree, Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one, Yet knows its boughs more silent than before
love-is slumber meat
Love is not all; it is not meat nor drink.
heart feet mind
It's little I know what's in my heart,What's in my mind it's little I know,But there's that in me must up and start,And it's little I care where my feet go.
two light sun
If I could have two things in one: the peace of the grave, and the light of the sun.
quiet graves quiet-place
A grave is such a quiet place.
flower cups april
Life in itself / Is nothing, / An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. / It is not enough that yearly, down this hill, / April / Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
pay dies
I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death; I am not on his pay-roll.