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Five Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Song Cycle by John Mitchell (1941-)


1. Night is my sister

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Night is my sister, and how deep in love
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2. Columbine

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The light comes back with Columbine; she brings
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3. Time does not bring relief

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Time does not bring relief: you all have lied
Who told me time would ease me of my pain!
I miss him in the weeping of the rain:
I want him at the shrinking of the tide;
The old snows melt from ev'ry mountain side,
And last year's leaves are smoke in every lane;
But last year's bitter loving must remain
Heaped on my heart and my old thoughts abide.

There are a hundred places where I fear
To go, so with his memory they brim.
And entering with relief some quiet place
where never fell his foot or shone his face.
I say "There is no mem'ry of him here,"
And so stand stricken, so remembering him.


4. You'll be sorry

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Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word
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5. Beauty

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Think not, not for a moment let your mind
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