Vincent Millay
Vincent Millay
simplicity seems
And all the loveliest things there be come simply, so it seems to me.
life cups flight
Life in itself Is nothing, An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs.
giving-up men land
Not for the flag Of any land because myself was born there Will I give up my life. But I will love that land where man is free, And that will I defend.
mother daughter heart
I am all the time talking about you, and bragging, to one person or another. I am like the Ancient Mariner, who had a tale in his heart he must unfold to all. I am always buttonholing somebody and saying, "Someday you must meet my mother."
poet darling
You see, I am a poet, and not quite right in the head, darling. It’s only that.
love rain men
Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain; Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink.
heart learning mind
pity me that the heart is slow to learn what the swift mind beholds at every turn.
stars dark night
No one but Night, with tears on her dark face, watches beside me in this windy place.
pain rain heart
Sorrow like a ceaseless rain Beats upon my heart. People twist and scream in pain-- Dawn will find them still again; This has neither wax nor wane, Neither stop nor start.
mistake learning advice
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
life wise wisdom
Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.
heart knowing matter
My heart is warm with the friends I make, And better friends I'll not be knowing, Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take, No matter where it's going.
inspirational trials absence
The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.
beauty all-things
Beauty in all things-no, we cannot hope for that; but some place set apart for it.