by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
You'll be sorry
Language: English
Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word! Give back my book and take my kiss instead. Was it my enemy or my friend I heard? "What a big book for such a little head!" Come, I will show you now my newest hat, And you may watch me purse my mouth and prink! Oh, I shall love you still, and all of that. I never again will tell you what I think. I shall be sweet and crafty, soft and sly; You will not catch me reading any more; I shall be called a wife to pattern by. And some day when you knock and push the door, Some sane day, not too bright and not too stormy, I shall be gone, And you may whistle for me.
Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Mitchell (b. 1941), "You'll be sorry", op. 50 no. 4 (1983), from Five Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Victoria Brago
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 130