This book, when I am dead, will be A little faint perfume of me. Peopl…

Edna St. Vincent Millay
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This book, when I am dead, will be A little faint perfume of me. People who knew me well will say, She really used to think that way. ✨ Edna St. Vincent Millay (1956). Collected Poems, HarperCollins Publishers
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