by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
I Know My Mind
Language: English
I know my mind and I have made my choice; Not from your temper does my doom depend; Love me or love me not, you have no voice In this, which is my portion to the end. Your presence and your favours, the full part That you could give, you now can take away: What lies between your beauty and my heart Not even you can trouble or betray. Mistake me not — unto my inmost core I do desire your kiss upon my mouth; They have not craved a cup of water more That bleach upon the deserts of the south; Here might you bless me; what you cannot do Is bow me down, who have been loved by you.
Text 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 Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1972), "I Know My Mind" [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs on poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-07-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 121