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Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Read History: thus learn how small a space
You may inhabit, nor inhabit long
In crowding Cosmos -- in that confined place
Work boldly; build your flimsy barriers strong;
Turn round and round, make warm your nest; among
The other hunting beasts, keep heart and face, --
Not to betray the doomed and splendid race
You are so proud of, to which you belong.

For trouble comes to all of us: the rat
Has courage, in adversity, to fight;
But what a shining animal is man,
Who knows, when pain subsides, that is not that,
For worse than that must follow -- yet can write
Music; can laugh; play tennis; even plan.”

Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mine the Harvest
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Mine the Harvest Mine the Harvest by Edna St. Vincent Millay
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