Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet, playwright and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, the third woman to win the award for poetry, and was also known for her activism and her many love affairs. 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."

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    But she is early up and out,
    To trim the year or strip its bones;
    —Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)

    this wonder fled,
    Altered, estranged, disintegrated, lost.
    Nor shall my love avail you in your hour.
    Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)

    And he whose soul is flat—the sky
    Will cave in on him by and by.
    —Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)