Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes

A collection of quotes by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) was an acclaimed American poet and playwright. Born in Rockland, Maine, Millay gained widespread recognition for her lyrical and unconventional writing style. She rose to prominence in the 1920s as one of the leading voices of the literary movement known as the New Poetry. Millay's works often explored themes of love, feminism, and social justice, and she became the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923. With her captivating verses and progressive ideas, Millay's legacy continues to inspire generations of poets and readers.

My heart is warm with the friends I make,And better friends

My heart is warm with the friends I make,And better friends I'll not be knowing,Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,No matter where it's going.

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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice had

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

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Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word! Give back my book a

Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word! Give back my book and take my kiss instead.Was it my enemy or my friend I heard,What a big book for such a little head!Come, I will show you now my newest hat,And you may watch me purse my mouth and prink!Oh, I shall love you still, and all of that.I never again shall tell you what I think.I shall be sweet and crafty, soft and sly;You will not catch me reading any more:I shall be called a wife to pattern by;And some day when you knock and push the door,Some sane day, not too bright and not too stormy,I shall be gone, and you may whistle for me.

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After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we

After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished?

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Love Heartbreak

Catch from the board of beauty/ Such careless crumbs as fall

Catch from the board of beauty/ Such careless crumbs as fall.

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After all, my earstwhile dear, My no longer cherished, Need

After all, my earstwhile dear, My no longer cherished, Need we say it was not love, Now that love is perished?

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Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare. Let all who prate of

Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare. Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace, And lay them prone upon the earth and cease To ponder on themselves, the while they stare At nothing.

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Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world --

Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world -- it is thin.

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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matt

Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.

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A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public wi

A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public with his pants down.

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April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.

April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.

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If I love you Wednesday, What is that to you? I do not love

If I love you Wednesday, What is that to you? I do not love you Thursday -- so much is true.

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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I

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.

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God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy hea

God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.

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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; bu

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!

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Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men

Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.

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Music my rampart, and my only one.

Music my rampart, and my only one.

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Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive.

Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive.

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I have loved badly, loved the greatToo soon, withdrawn my wo

I have loved badly, loved the greatToo soon, withdrawn my words too late;And eaten in an echoing hallAlone and from a chipped plateThe words that I withdrew too late.

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Regret & Remorse

I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four

I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.

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