Nature
Ebb
From Poems (Secker, 1923): Section Three
Nature
I know what my heart is like
Since your love died:
It is like a hollow ledge
Holding a little pool
Left there by the tide,
A little tepid pool,
Drying inward from the edge.
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MLA
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Ebb.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/60/.
Chicago
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Ebb.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/60/.
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