Craig ConstantineOn advice
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.
~ Edna St. Vincent Millayslip:4a613.
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wIf you’re interested in plants, butterflies - British wildlife generally in fact - and poetry, you may want to check out this blog. There are also posts about volunteering at an African chimp sanctuary and a trip to Canada.
A friend sent me the link. It’s a good read - even for someone like me who can’t tell one butterfly or bird from the next.
https://bugwomanlondon.com/2026/05/
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Trevor BurrowsO world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!
Thy mists, that roll and rise!
Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sag
And all but cry with colour! That gaunt crag
To crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff!
World, World, I cannot get thee close enough!
Long have I known a glory in it all,
But never knew I this;
Here such a passion is
As stretcheth me apart,—Lord, I do fear
Thou’st made the world too beautiful this year;
My soul is all but out of me,—let fall
No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.
-- Edna St. Vincent Millay, "God's World"
WIST Quotations Has Moved!A quotation from Edna St. Vincent Millay
It is not enough that yearly, down this hill,April
Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Poem (1920-03), “Spring,” ll. 16-18
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Poem (1920-03), "Spring," ll. 16-18 - Millay, Edna St. Vincent | WIST Quotations
It is not enough that yearly, down this hill, April Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers. First published in The Chapbook, Vol. 2, No. 13 (1920-07). Collected in Second April (1921). A handwritten draft was dated 1920-03-21. Graham Greene's Babbling April (1925) was named after these lines.
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1 print : color ; sheet 40 x 29 cm (poster format)
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Death devours all lovely things.
Lesbia with her sparrow
Shares the darkness. Presently
Every bed is narrow.
Lesbia with her sparrow
Shares the darkness. Presently
Every bed is narrow.
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Poem (1921-03), “Passer Mortuus est,” st. 1, The Century Magazine, Vol. 101/79, No. 5
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Poem (1921-03), "Passer Mortuus est," st. 1, The Century Magazine, Vol. 101/79, No. 5 - Millay, Edna St. Vincent | WIST Quotations
Death devours all lovely things. Lesbia with her sparrow Shares the darkness. Presently Every bed is narrow. A reference to (and, in the title, quote from) Catullus' poem about the death of his beloved Lesbia's beloved sparrow (1, 2). Collected in Second April (1921), with slightly different punctuation. Death devours…
A quotation from Edna St. Vincent Millay
With him for a sire and her for a dam,What should I be but just what I am?
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Poem (1920-11), “The Singing-Woman from the Wood’s Edge,” Vanity Fair, Vol. 14, No. 3
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Poem (1920-11), "The Singing-Woman from the Wood's Edge," Vanity Fair, Vol. 14, No. 3 - Millay, Edna St. Vincent | WIST Quotations
With him for a sire and her for a dam, What should I be but just what I am? Collected in A Few Figs from Thistles (1921). "Singing-Woman" is usually hyphenated in collections, but in Vanity Fair it was rendered "Singin' Woman" and in the original publication in Figs as…
Yahooey“I love Humanity; but I hate people.” — Edna St. Vincent Millay, Aria da Capo
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A quotation from Edna St Vincent Millay
Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost,But climb.
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Poem (1934), “On Thought in Harness,” Wine from These Grapes, Part 4 (1934)
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A quotation from Edna St. Vincent Millay
And what are you that, missing you,I should be kept awake
As many nights as there are days
With weeping for your sake?
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Poem (1921-10-31), “The Philosopher,” st. 1, Ainslee’s Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3
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Poem (1921-10-31), "The Philosopher," st. 1, Ainslee's Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3 - Millay, Edna St. Vincent | WIST Quotations
And what are you that, missing you, I should be kept awake As many nights as there are days With weeping for your sake? First collected in A Few Figs from Thistles (1922).