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Millay, Edna St. Vincent

(Encyclopedia) Millay, Edna St. VincentMillay, Edna St. Vincentmĭlāˈ [key], 1892–1950, American poet, b. Rockland, Maine, grad. Vassar College, 1917. One of the most popular poets of her era, Millay…

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Millay, Edna St. Vincent[1892-1950](3)Born at Camden, Maine, and educated at Vassar College. Before entering college, however, when she was but nineteen years of age, she wrote the poem, "…

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was nationally popular during the 1920s and 1930s for her knowing and expertly crafted love poems. Raised in poverty in Maine, when she was 19 Millay wrote “Renascence…

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Renascence

RenascenceEdna St. Vincent MillayAll I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another way, And saw three islands in a bay. So with my eyes I…

Edna St. Vincent Millay: God's World

God's WorldEdna St. Vincent MillayO world, I cannot hold thee close enough! Thy winds, thy wide grey skies! Thy mists that roll and rise! Thy woods this autumn day, that ache and sag…

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Afternoon on a Hill

Afternoon on a HillEdna St. Vincent MillayI will be the gladdest thing Under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one.I will look at cliffs and clouds With quiet eyes,…

Provincetown Players

(Encyclopedia) Provincetown Players, American theatrical company that first introduced the plays of Eugene O'Neill. The company opened with his Bound East for Cardiff at the Wharf Theatre,…

Taylor, Deems

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Deems (Joseph Deems Taylor), 1885–1966, American composer and music critic, b. New York City, grad. New York Univ., 1906. After other journalistic posts he was music critic (…

Edna St. Vincent Millay: When the Year grows Old

When the Year grows OldEdna St. Vincent MillayI cannot but remember When the year grows old — October — November — How she disliked the cold!She used to watch the swallows Go down across…

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Infoplease has everything you need to know about St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about St. Vincent and the Grenadines's geography, history…