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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in Rockland, Maine,...
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Second Fig  
by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: 
Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!



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From Collected Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, published by Harper & Brothers Publishers. Copyright © 1956 by Norma Millay Ellis.
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