Quote#Nature
Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree
Quote byEdna St. Vincent Millay · 1892–1950
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sonnet XLIII: "What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why" (1923), Collected Poems", 1931.
English (original)
Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree, Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one, Yet knows its boughs more silent than before: I cannot say what loves have come and gone, I only know that summer sang in me A little while, that in me sings no more.
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
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The world stands out on either side No wider than the heart is wide
It's little I know what's in my heart, What's in my mind it's little I know, But there's that in me must up and start, And it's little I care where my feet go.
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.
The heart can push the sea and land Farther away on either hand
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.