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“ ”Oh, friend, forget not, when you fain would note
In me a beauty that was never mine,
How first you knew me in a book I wrote,
How first you loved me for a written line....
About Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was also known for her unconventional, bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work.
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Shorter versions of this quote
How first you knew me in a book I wrote,
How first you loved me for a written line
Additional quotes by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Catch from the board of beauty/ Such careless crumbs as fall.
The younger generation forms a country of its own.
No one but Night, with tears on her dark face, watches beside me in this windy place.