Prayer To Persephone Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Prayer To Persephone
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Be to her, Persephone,
All the things I might not be:
Take her head upon your knee.
She that was so proud and wild,
Flippant, arrogant and free,
She that had no need of me,
Is a little lonely child
Lost in Hell,—Persephone,
Take her head upon your knee:
Say to her, "My dear, my dear,
It is not so dreadful here."
Monday, January 13, 2003
Topic(s) of this poem: lonely
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8/8/2026 12:04:28 PM # rel_20260806T081513Z_580e7f4
So much hungering for love and kindness in this short poem.