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Edna St. Vincent Millay quotes

American Author February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950

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Ah! Up then from the ground sprang I And hailed the earth with such a cry As is not heard save from a man Who has been dead, and lives again. About the trees my arms I wound; Like one gone mad I hugged the ground; I raised my quivering arms on high; I laughed and laughed into the sky... Edna St. Vincent Millay
The sky, I thought, is not so grand; I 'most could touch it with my hand! And reaching up my hand to try, I screamed to feel it touch the sky. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "Music my rampart, and my only one."
Music my rampart, and my only one. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "And her voice is a string of colored beads, Or steps leading..."
And her voice is a string of colored beads, Or steps leading into the sea. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "And he whose soul is flat -- the sky. Will cave in on him by..."
And he whose soul is flat -- the sky. Will cave in on him by and by. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "I would I were alive again to kiss the fingers of the rain."
I would I were alive again to kiss the fingers of the rain. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "pity me that the heart is slow to learn what the swift mind..."
pity me that the heart is slow to learn what the swift mind beholds at every turn. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "Ah, I could lay me down in this long grass. And close my eyes,..."
Ah, I could lay me down in this long grass. And close my eyes, and let the quiet wind. Blow over me Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "I, being born a woman and distressed By all the needs and..."
I, being born a woman and distressed By all the needs and notions of my kind... Edna St. Vincent Millay
A Poem from Edna St. Vincent Millay: Grown-upWas it for this I uttered prayers, And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs, That now, domestic as a plate, I should retire at half-past eight? Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "... but the rain. Is full of ghosts tonight"
... but the rain. Is full of ghosts tonight Edna St. Vincent Millay
About the trees my arms I wound; Like one going mad I hugged the ground; I raised my quivering arms on high; I laughed and laughed into the sky. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "She learned her hands in a fairy-tale, And her mouth on a..."
She learned her hands in a fairy-tale, And her mouth on a valentine. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age. The child is grown, and puts away childish things. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay quote: "I do not think there is a woman in whom the roots of passion..."
I do not think there is a woman in whom the roots of passion shoot deeper than in me. Edna St. Vincent Millay

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