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.

The proceeds of the sale were to be used by the Edna St. She had relationships with several fellow students during her time there. Within three weeks her publiEdna St. Vincent Millayrs had run through four editions of the book.

The poet Richard Wilbur asserted "She wrote some of the best sonnets of the century. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923 the third woman to win the award for poetry and was also known for her feminist activism and her many love affairs. ".