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Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay


Grown-up


WAS it for this I uttered prayers,
And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,
That now, domestic as a plate,
I should retire at half-past eight? 



Edna St. Vincent Millay


Edna St. Vincent Millay's other poems:
  1. I Shall Go Back Again
  2. The Wagon Stopped before the House
  3. Euclid Alone Has Looked
  4. She Let Them Leave Their Jellies
  5. That Love at Length Should Find


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