Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.
Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes
Death devours all lovely things; Lesbia with her sparrow Shares the darkness-presently Every bed is narrow.
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| Birth: | 22nd February, 1892 |
| Death: | 19th October, 1950 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Poet |
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Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, the third woman to win the award for poetry, and was also known for her feminist 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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