Millay, Edna St. Vincent -- Sonnet 43 “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,” ll. 9ff. (1920), The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems (1923)

Dave — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:47:16 +0000

Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree,
Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,
Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:
I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Sonnet 43 “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,” ll. 9ff. (1920), The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems (1923)
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Originally published in Vanity Fair (1920-11).

Congreve, William -- The Way of the World, Act 2, sc. 1 (1700)

Dave — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 15:01:50 +0000

Say what you will, ’tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

William Congreve (1670-1729) English dramatist
The Way of the World, Act 2, sc. 1 (1700)

See also Tennyson.

WIST Quotations

Millay, Edna St. Vincent -- Sonnet 43 “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,” ll. 9ff. (1920), The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems (1923)

Congreve, William -- The Way of the World, Act 2, sc. 1 (1700)