Thursday, January 1, 2004

And You As Well Must Die, Belovèd Dust Comments

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And you as well must die, belovèd dust,
And all your beauty stand you in no stead;
This flawless, vital hand, this perfect head,
This body of flame and steel, before the gust
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Ratnakar Mandlik 22 July 2019

" And you as well must die, beloved dust, And all your beauty stand you in no stead. A nice poem with a wonderful theme deserving classic of the Day selection.

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Mahtab Bangalee 22 July 2019

This body of flame and steel, before the gust Of Death, or under his autumnal frost, Shall be as any leaf, .../// beautifully penned;

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Me Poet Yeps Poet 22 July 2019

this is more or less like my FLOWERY YOUTH POETS JUST GUESS I HAD NEVER THIS READ

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Ruta Mohapatra 22 July 2019

Beautiful poignant verses!

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Edward Kofi Louis 22 July 2019

Life and Death! ! From dust and, Back to dust! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Angela Bontle Ditumiso 22 July 2019

A magnificent Poem This is!

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Bernard F. Asuncion 22 July 2019

A marvelous sonnet..........

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Aniruddha Pathak 22 July 2019

And You As Well... a lovely sonnet so magnificent in its impact.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 22 July 2019

In spite of all my love, you will arise Upon that day and wander down the air......touching expression with lofty theme. Beautiful poem.

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Adeeb Alfateh 22 July 2019

Shall be as any leaf, be no less dead Than the first leaf that fell, this wonder fled, Altered, estranged, disintegrated, lost. Nor shall my love avail you in your hour. In spite of all my love, you will arise Upon that day and wander down the air great thought great write great 10++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Micah Breeden 27 November 2015

Please report this comment if you believe it crewed, I don't care. [3 Besides the audio voice of what seems to be a women with lung cancer that make my ears cringe, I love the poem. keep it up braaa.

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Pius Didier 22 September 2015

A nice poem. Thanks for sharing

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Thabani Khumalo 16 June 2015

I have a vision to write like this, only if god would bless me enough to.a

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Colleen Courtney 16 May 2014

Such sad but truthful words.

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Gabrielle A. Macdonald 22 January 2007

The best! No irony, no paradox here. Only the grieving, helpless loss of the almost unspeakably beautiful beloved - whom love cannot save.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Rockland / Maine / United States
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