All your lovely words are spoken. Once the ivory box is broken, Beats the golden bird no more.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Memorial to D. C., Elegy, in Second April (1921); Final three lines. Read the complete memorial sequence in the public-domain collection. The image of the golden bird follows an elegy for a departed friend’s irreplaceable voice; Vassar’s archive identifies Dorothy Coleman.
- Memorial to D. C., Elegy, in Second April (1921)
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