Vincent Millay
Vincent Millay
rope world small-words
When I can make Of ten small words a rope to hang the world! "I had you and I have you now no more.
valentine hands mouths
She learned her hands in a fairy-tale, And her mouth on a valentine.
flower heart eye
But far, oh, far as passionate eye can reach, And long, ah, long as rapturous eye can cling, The world is mine: blue hill, still silver lake, Broad field, bright flower, and the long white road A gateless garden, and an open path: My feet to follow, and my heart to hold.
littles know-me swear
I will come back to you, I swear I will; And you will know me still. I shall be only a little taller Than when I went.
valentine men hands
SHE is neither pink nor pale, And she never will be all mine; She learned her hands in a fairy-tale, And her mouth on a valentine. She has more hair than she needs; In the sun ’tis a woe to me! And her voice is a string of colored beads, Or steps leading into the sea. She loves me all that she can, And her ways to my ways resign; But she was not made for any man, And she never will be all mine.
one-thing one-thing-after-another
[L]ife isn't one thing after another, it's the same thing over and over
singers longing
Longing alone is singer to the lute.
summer littles knows
I only know that summer sang in me A little while, that in me sings no more.
heart heavenly hard
I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.
done strange moments
Strange how few, After alls said and done, the things that are Of moment.
matter transport train
There isn't a train I wouldn't take, no matter where it's going.
brother may welcome
it may be said of me by Harper & Brothers, that although I reject their proposals, I welcome their advances.
thinking rude manners
Please don't think me negligent or rude. I am both, in effect, of course, but please don't think me either.
music principles relentless
I find that I never lose Bach. I don't know why I have always loved him so. Except that he is so pure, so relentless and incorruptible, like a principle of geometry.