Quote#Love
But you are mobile as the veering air
Quote byEdna St. Vincent Millay · 1892–1950
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: From Sonnet III: "Oh, Think not I am faithful to a vow!", A Few Figs from Thistles (1922).
English (original)
But you are mobile as the veering air, And all your charms more changeful than the tide, Wherefore to be inconstant is no care: I have but to continue at your side. So wanton, light and false, my love, are you, I am most faithless when I most am true.
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
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The heart can push the sea and land Farther away on either hand
But, sure, the sky is big, I said; Miles and miles above my head
And reaching up my hand to try, I screamed to feel it touch the sky.
My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But, ah, my foes, and, oh, my friends — It gives a lovely light.