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Edna St. Vincent Millay quotes

American Author February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950

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There are a hundred places where I fear To go,--so with his memory they brim! And entering with relief some quiet place Where never fell his foot or shone his face I say, 'There is no memory of him here!' And so stand stricken, so remembering him! Edna St. Vincent Millay
Night falls fast. Today is in the past. Blown from the dark hill hither to my door. Three flakes, then four. Arrive, then many more. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God..."
The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Degraded bird, I give you back your eyes forever, ascend now whither you are tossed; Forsake this wrist, forsake this rhyme; Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, But climb. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Be to her, Persephone, All the things I might not be; Take her head upon your knee. She that was so proud and wild, Flippant, arrogant and free, She that had no need of me, Is a little lonely child Lost in Hell,—Persephone, Take her head upon your knee; Say to her, “My dear, my dear, It is not so dreadful here. Edna St. Vincent Millay
To a Young Poet. Time cannot break the bird's wing from the bird. Bird and wing together. Go down, one feather. No thing that ever flew, Not the lark, not you, Can die as others do. Edna St. Vincent Millay
For my omniscience paid I toll In infinite remorse of soul. All sin was of my sinning, all Atoning mine, and mine the gall Of all regret. Mine was the weight Of every brooded wrong, the hate That stood behind each envious thrust, Mine every greed, mine every lust. And all the while for every grief, Each suffering, I craved relief With individual desire, – Craved all in vain! And felt fierce fire About a thousand people crawl; Perished with each, — then mourned for all! Edna St. Vincent Millay
We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four..."
I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year. Edna St. Vincent Millay
This book, when I am dead, will be. A little faint perfume of me. People who knew me well will say, She really used to think that way. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a..."
I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart."
God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "There is no God. But it does not matter. Man is enough."
There is no God. But it does not matter. Man is enough. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "Night falls fast. Today is in the past."
Night falls fast. Today is in the past. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "No one but Night, with tears on her dark face, watches beside..."
No one but Night, with tears on her dark face, watches beside me in this windy place. Edna St. Vincent Millay

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