Love
Siege
From The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems (1923)
Love
This I do, being mad:
Gather baubles about me,
Sit in a circle of toys, and all the time
Death beating the door in.
White jade and an orange pitcher,
Hindu idol, Chinese god,--
Maybe next year, when I’m richer--
Carved beads and a lotus pod....
And all this time
Death beating the door in.
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MLA
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Siege.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/113/.
Chicago
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Siege.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/113/.
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