Edna St. Vincent Millay

I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion.

I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion.

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends read more

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!

After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished?

After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished?

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

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