(22 February 1892 – 19 October 1950 / Rockland / Maine / United States)

poet Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Being Young And Green

Being Young and Green, I said in love's despite:
Never in the world will I to living wight
Give over, air my mind
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  • Morag MacDougall (2/14/2012 4:48:00 PM)

    Millay expresses the acknowledgement of maturity that we were mistaken in our youth, yet how glad we are to have been in error!

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