What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why, I have forgotten, and what arms have lain Under my head till morning, but the rain Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh Upon the glass and listen for reply, And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain For unremembered lads that not again Will turn to me at midnight with a cry. Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree, Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one, Yet knows its boughs more silent than before: I cannot say what loves have come and gone, I only know that summer sang in me A little while, that in me sings no more.
Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread. - Edna St. Vincent Millay
Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over. - Edna St. Vincent Millay
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.
Life must go on; I forget just why. - Edna St. Vincent Millay
Life must go on; I forget just why.
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 n… - 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 n…
My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light! - Edna St. Vincent Millay
My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one. - Edna St. Vincent Millay
I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.
Beauty is whatever gives joy. - Edna St. Vincent Millay
Beauty is whatever gives joy.
I love humanity but I hate people. - Edna St. Vincent Millay
I love humanity but I hate people.
Life is a quest and love a quarrel - Edna St. Vincent Millay
Life is a quest and love a quarrel
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