But you, you foolish girl, you have gone home to a leaky castle across…

Edna St. Vincent Millay
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But you, you foolish girl, you have gone home to a leaky castle across the sea to lie awake in linen smelling of lavender, and hear the nightingale, and long for me. ✨ Edna St. Vincent Millay (1956). Collected Poems, HarperCollins Publishers
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But you, you foolish girl, you have gone home to a leaky castle across the sea to lie awake in linen smelling of lavender, and hear the nightingale, and long for me. ✨ Edna St. Vincent Millay (1956). Collected Poems, HarperCollins Publishers

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