Edna St. Vincent Millay at Mitchell Kennerley’s house in Mamaroneck, New York — Arnold Genthe

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“If I should learn, in some quite casual way” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“[I shall forget you presently, my dear]” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“Daphne” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“The Prisoner” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“To the Not Impossible Him” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“Grown-Up” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“The Unexplorer” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“Travel” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“Assault” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“I too beneath your moon, almighty Sex” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“Indifference” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“Prayer to Persephone” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“Song of a Second April” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“Witch Wife” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“Bluebeard” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Bluebeard” by Edna St. Vincent Millay—

This door you might not open, and you did;
So enter now, and see for what slight thing
You are betrayed… Here is no treasure hid,
No cauldron, no clear crystal mirroring
The sought-for truth, no heads of women slain
For greed like yours, no writhings of distress,
But only what you see… Look yet again—
An empty room, cobwebbed and comfortless.
Yet this alone out of my life I kept
Unto myself, lest any know me quite;
And you did so profane me when you crept
Unto the threshold of this room to-night
That I must never more behold your face.
This now is yours. I seek another place.