| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 39577 |
| QUOTATION: | Tiresome heart, forever living and dying,
House without air, I leave you and lock your door.
Wild swans, come over the town, come over
The town again, trailing your legs and crying! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950), U.S. poet. Wild Swans (l. 5–8). . ;
pseud. “Nancy Boyd” Collected Poems [Edna St. Vincent Millay]. Norma Millay, ed. (1956) Harper and Row. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Millay Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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