The Philosopher Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay

The Philosopher

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And what are you that, wanting you,
I should be kept awake
As many nights as there are days
With weeping for your sake?

And what are you that, missing you,
As many days as crawl
I should be listening to the wind
And looking at the wall?

I know a man that's a braver man
And twenty men as kind,
And what are you, that you should be
The one man in my mind?

Yet women's ways are witless ways,
As any sage will tell,—
And what am I, that I should love
So wisely and so well?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Colleen Courtney 17 May 2014

I think woman will forever ponder and ruminate on why they can never forget that certain one.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Rockland / Maine / United States
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