Edna St. Vincent Millay: Citations en anglais
“She is happy where she lies
With the dust upon her eyes.”
Source: The Selected Poetry
Variante: Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned
Variante: Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.
“I would blossom if I were a rose.”
Source: The Lamp and the Bell
“Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand;
Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!”
Edna St. Vincent Millay livre A Few Figs from Thistles
Source: "Second Fig" from A Few Figs from Thistles (1920)
Source: Collected Poems
"Childhood Is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies," lines 1-4, from Wine from These Grapes (1934)
