Edna St. Vincent Millay by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Author:Edna St. Vincent Millay [McClatchy, J.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781598533217
Publisher: Library of America
Published: 2014-01-13T20:19:00+00:00


TRANSLATIONS FROM

FLOWERS OF EVIL by Charles Baudelaire | 1936

The Fang

No man that’s worthy of the name

But in his helpless heart alive

Harbours a yellow, talkative

Serpent, he cannot hush nor tame.

Gaze if you like into the eyes

Of dryads. . . . Just before you drown,

The Fang says, “You’ve a date in town.”

Beget your children, plant your trees,

Chisel your marble, build your song. . . .

The Fang says, “Well,—it’s not for long.”

Hope—if you’re hopeful—or despair;

Nothing’s to hinder you; but hark!—

Always the hissing head is there,

The insupportable remark.



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