Prayer To Persephone Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Prayer To Persephone

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Be to her, Persephone,
All the things I might not be:
Take her head upon your knee.
She that was so proud and wild,
Flippant, arrogant and free,
She that had no need of me,
Is a little lonely child
Lost in Hell,—Persephone,
Take her head upon your knee:
Say to her, "My dear, my dear,
It is not so dreadful here."

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Colleen Courtney 17 May 2014

So much hungering for love and kindness in this short poem.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Rockland / Maine / United States
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