Sweet love, sweet thorn, when lightly to my heart. I took your thrust,…

Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Sweet love, sweet thorn, when lightly to my heart. I took your thrust, whereby I since am slain, And I lie disheveled in the grass apart, A sodden thing bedrenched by tears and rain. ✨ Edna St. Vincent Millay (1956). Collected Poems, HarperCollins Publishers
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