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" I shall go back again to the bleak shore
And build a little shanty on the sand,
In such a way that the extremest band
Of brittle seaweed will escape my door
But by a yard or two; and nevermore
Shall I return to take you by the hand;
I shall be gone to what I understand,
And happier than I ever was before.
The love that stood a moment in your eyes,
The words that lay a moment on your tongue,
Are one with all that in a moment dies,
A little under-said and over-sung.
But I shall find the sullen rocks and skies
Unchanged from what they were when I was young. "

Edna St. Vincent Millay , Collected Sonnets


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Edna St. Vincent Millay quote : I shall go back again to the bleak shore<br />And build a little shanty on the sand,<br />In such a way that the extremest band<br />Of brittle seaweed will escape my door<br />But by a yard or two; and nevermore<br />Shall I return to take you by the hand;<br />I shall be gone to what I understand,<br />And happier than I ever was before.<br />The love that stood a moment in your eyes,<br />The words that lay a moment on your tongue,<br />Are one with all that in a moment dies,<br />A little under-said and over-sung.<br />But I shall find the sullen rocks and skies<br />Unchanged from what they were when I was young.