I was, being human, born alone; I am, being woman, hard beset; I live by squeezing from a stone. The little nourishment I get.
Elinor WylieAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: american
- Born: September 7, 1885
- Died: December 16, 1928
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