Poem: “Grown-Up” Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Grown-Up

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Was it for this I uttered prayers,
And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,
That now, domestic as a plate,
I should retire at half-past eight?

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American Literature – American Poetry – Edna St. Vincent Millay – Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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