Monday, January 13, 2003

Oh, Oh, You Will Be Sorry Comments

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Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word!
Give me back my book and take my kiss instead.
Was it my enemy or my friend I heard,
"What a big book for such a little head!"
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Bee Dee 09 April 2019

You've included an extra word in that second line that doesn't belong. It should say " Give back my book and take my kiss instead."

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tumeleng molefe 08 April 2018

Add a comment.so touching

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Colleen Courtney 17 May 2014

Sweet and crafty, soft and sly. How wonderful are those words? ! ? ! ?

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Kimberly R 09 February 2012

The opression of the day is felt so acutely here! Her words themselves show what was expected, and what was thought, of intelligent women of her day. Sad, though, that things aren't really that much different now. The point is made with sense of one being contentedly depressed, a phrase that I enjoy to use.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Rockland / Maine / United States
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