Childhood Is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies. - Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Childhood Is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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loss-of-innocence

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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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Pen Names: Nancy Boyd

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Siege

This I do, being mad:
Gather baubles about me,
Sit in a circle of toys, and all the time
Death beating the door in.

White jade and an orange pitcher,
Hindu idol, Chinese god, — Maybe next year, when I’m richer — Carved beads and a lotus pod...

And all this time
Death beating the door in.

Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.

"Feast"

I drank at every vine.
The last was like the first.
I came upon no wine
So wonderful as thirst.

I gnawed at every root.
I ate of every plant.
I came upon no fruit
So wonderful as want.

Feed the grape and bean
To the vintner and monger:
I will lie down lean
With my thirst and my hunger.