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Edna St. Vincent Millay quotes about beautiful

American Author February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950

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Oh, friend, forget not, when you fain would note. In me a beauty that was never mine, How first you knew me in a book I wrote, How first you loved me for a written line.... Edna St. Vincent Millay
Ah, drink again This river that is the taker-away of pain, And the giver-back of beauty! In these cool waves What can be lost?-- Only the sorry cost Of the lovely thing, ah, never the thing itself! The level flood that laves The hot brow And the stiff shoulder Is at our temples now. Gone is the fever, But not into the river; Melted the frozen pride, But the tranquil tide Runs never the warmer for this, Never the colder. Immerse the dream. Drench the kiss. Dip the song in the stream. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Spring TO what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with the redness Of little leaves opening stickily. I know what I know. The sun is hot on my neck as I observe The spikes of the crocus. The smell of the earth is good. It is apparent that there is no death. But what does that signify? Not only under ground are the brains of men Eaten by maggots. Life in itself Is nothing, ... Edna St. Vincent Millay
Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom, golden in the green grass, This life can be. Common as a dandelion-blossom, beautiful in the clean grass, not beautiful. Because common, beautiful because beautiful, Noble because common, because free. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "Catch from the board of beauty/ Such careless crumbs as fall."
Catch from the board of beauty/ Such careless crumbs as fall. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "But the roaring of the fire, And the warmth of fur, And the..."
But the roaring of the fire, And the warmth of fur, And the boiling of the kettle. Were beautiful to her! Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "Beauty is whatever gives joy."
Beauty is whatever gives joy. Edna St. Vincent Millay

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