[1892–1950, American]
I know what my heart is like
Since your love died:
It is like a hollow ledge
Holding a little pool
Left there by the tide
A little tepid pool,
Drying inward from the edge.
Source: Millay, ESV 1921, Second April, Harper.
Reprinted in Kellow, B & Krisak J (eds) 1983, Poetry and Language, London: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.
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