Monday, January 13, 2003

Sonnets 11: As To Some Lovely Temple, Tenantless Comments

Rating: ★2.8

As to some lovely temple, tenantless
Long since, that once was sweet with shivering brass,
Knowing well its altars ruined and the grass
Grown up between the stones, yet from excess
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
grief Loneliness Ashes
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Colleen Courtney 17 May 2014

This is such a sad poem. A woman still longing for that love that exists no more.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Rockland / Maine / United States
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Rockland / Maine / United States
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