Vincent Millay
Vincent Millay
should should-i
What should I be but just what I am?
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?
bad-ass giving advice
Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.
music
Music my rampart, and my only one.
happiness despair bread
Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread.
grief goes-on forget
Life must go on; I forget just why.
beautiful years world
Lord I do fear / Thou'st made the world too beautiful this year.
children childhood kingdoms
Childhood Is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies.
girl two ghost
A ghost in marble of a girl you knew Who would have loved you in a day or two.
spring flower april
April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
funny inspirational-love hate
I love humanity but I hate people.
grief rose tree
The first rose on my rose-tree Budded, bloomed, and shattered, During sad days when to me Nothing mattered. Grief or grief has drained me clean; Still it seems a pity No one saw,—it must have been Very pretty.
truth world alive
Not Truth, but Faith it is that keeps the world alive.