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Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay * * * WE talk of taxes, and I call you friend; Well, such you are, -- but well enough we know How thick about us root, how rankly grow Those subtle weeds no man has need to tend, That flourish through neglect, and soon must send Perfume too sweet upon us and overthrow Our steady senses; how such matters go We are aware, and how such matters end. Yet shall be told no meagre passion here; With lovers such as we forevermore Isolde drinks the draught, and Guinevere Receives the Table's ruin through her door, Francesca, with the loud surf at her ear, Lets fall the coloured book upon the floor. Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay's other poems:
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