by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
I looked in my heart while the wild...
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I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over. And what did I see I had not seen before? Only a question less or a question more: Nothing to match the flight of wild birds flying. Tiresome heart, forever living and dying, House without air, I leave you and lock your door. Wild swans, come over the town, come over The town again, trailing your legs and crying!
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- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), appears in Second April, first published 1921 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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