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Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)

Second Fig


              1Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:
              2Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!


Online text copyright © 2009, Ian Lancashire (the Department of English) and the University of Toronto.
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Original text: Edna St. Vincent Millay, A Few Figs from Thistles: Poems and Sonnets (New York and London: Harper, 1922): 1. PS 3525 I495F4 Robarts Library.
First publication date: June 1918
Publication date note: Published in Poetry
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: RPO 1998.
Recent editing: 4:2002/3/1

Rhyme: aa


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