Renascence and other poems / Edna St. Vincent Millay [electronic text]
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Renascence and other poems / Edna St. Vincent Millay [electronic text]
Author
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950
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New York; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers
1917
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THE SHROUD
DEATH, I say, my heart is bowed Unto thine,—O mother! This red gown will make a shroud Good as any other!
(I, that would not wait to wear My own bridal things, In a dress dark as my hair Made my answerings.
I, to-night, that till he came Could not, could not wait,
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In a gown as bright as flame Held for them the gate.)
Death, I say, my heart is bowed Unto thine,—O mother! This red gown will make a shroud Good as any other!
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