Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millaywas an American 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. 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."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth22 February 1892
CountryUnited States of America
beauty beautiful names
Beauty never slumbers; All is in her name; But the rose remembers The dust from which it came.
i-miss-you missing-you broken-heart
Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
book thinking people
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.
god sky two
The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
nature flower blooming
I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.
love night light
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!