Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Souvenir

Just a rainy day or two
In a windy tower,
That was all I had of you—
Saving half an hour.

Marred by greeting passing groups
In a cinder walk,
Near some naked blackberry hoops
Dim with purple chalk.
I remember three or four
Things you said in spite,
And an ugly coat you wore,
Plaided black and white.

Just a rainy day or two
And a bitter word.
Why do I remember you
As a singing bird?

1. The Last White Sawdust
2. The Wagon Stopped before the House
3. Then Cautiously She Pushed
4. She Let Them Leave Their Jellies
5. Not Over-Kind nor Over-Quick

Edwin Robinson Souvenir ("A vanished house that for an hour I knew")

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