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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. Tavern
  2. Assault
  3. Sweet Love, Sweet Thorn, When Lightly To My Heart
  4. The Snow Storm
  5. Intention to Escape from Him


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