Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Written on a napkin, while Edna waited for her lover to return to the table:

"Let us be fools and love forever!
There was a woman, if tales be true,
who shattered Troy for a shepherd boy
less beautiful than you."

If only we could all write like that--on pages or cocktail napkins. She was a genius, that's all there is to it.

-clare

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