WIST Quotations Has Moved!A quotation from Edna St. Vincent Millay
Was it for this I uttered prayers,And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,
That now, domestic as a plate,
I should retire at half-past eight?
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Poem (1920), “Grown-Up,” A Few Figs from Thistles, (1921, expanded ed.)
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Poem (1920), "Grown-Up," A Few Figs from Thistles, (1921, expanded ed.) - Millay, Edna St. Vincent | WIST Quotations
Was it for this I uttered prayers, And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs, That now, domestic as a plate, I should retire at half-past eight? The poem was not in the original 1920 publication.