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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORIAL TO D.C.: 2. PRAYER TO PERSEPHONE, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Be to her, persephone Last Line: "it is not so dreadful here." Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs. Subject(s): Death; Friendship; Persephone; Vassar College; Dead, The; Proserpine; Proserpina | |||
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." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PERSEPHONE, FALLING by RITA DOVE ADONIS IN WINTER by KENNETH REXROTH SONG OF THE STYGIAN NAIADES by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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