Love
Sonnet: Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word!
From The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems (1923)
Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word!
Give back my book and take my kiss instead.
Was it my enemy or my friend I heard,
“What a big book for such a little head!”
Come, I will show you now my newest hat,
And you may watch me purse my mouth and
prink!
Oh, I shall love you still, and all of that.
I never again shall tell you what I think.
I shall be sweet and crafty, soft and sly;
You will not catch me reading any more:
I shall be called a wife to pattern by;
And some day when you knock and push the door,
Some sane day, not too bright and not too stormy,
I shall be gone, and you may whistle for me.
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MLA
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Sonnet: Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/123/.
Chicago
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Sonnet: Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/123/.
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