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1892–1950

DIRGE

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Boys and girls that held her dear, Do your weeping now; All you loved of her lies here. Brought to earth the arrogant brow,

And the withering tongue Chastened; do your weeping now. Sing whatever songs are sung, Wind whatever wreath,

For a playmate perished young, For a spirit spent in death. Boys and girls that held her dear, All you loved of her lies here.

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