Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.
Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes
Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is thin.
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World, world, I cannot get thee close enough! Long have I known a glory in it all, But never knew like this; Here such a pattern is As stretcheth me apart. Lord, I do fear Thou’st made the world too beautiful this year: My soul is all but out of me—let fall No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.
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Birth: | 22nd February, 1892 |
Death: | 19th October, 1950 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Poet |
Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, the third woman to win the award for poetry, and was also known for her feminist activism and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work. The poet Richard Wilbur asserted, "She wrote some of the best sonnets of the century."
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