Social Commentaries
The Anguish
From The Buck in the Snow and Other Poems (1928)
Social Commentaries
I would to God I were quenched and fed
As in my youth
From the flask of song, and the good bread
Of beauty richer than truth.
The anguish of the world is on my tongue.
My bowl is filled to the brim with it; there is more than I can eat.
Happy are the toothless old and the toothless young,
That cannot rend this meat.
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MLA
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “The Anguish.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/169/.
Chicago
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “The Anguish.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/169/.
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