Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But, ah, my foes, and oh, my friends, It gives a lovely light.
It is not true that life is one damn thing after another- it is one damn thing over and over.
My candle burns at both ends It will not last the night But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light.
Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.
Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen depart, be lost, but climb.
Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, but climb.
Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell.

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