When we that wore the myrtle wear the dust
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1892 to 1950
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Keep counsel with the scruples of the wise;
When boys and girls that now are in the loins
When we lie speechless in the muffling mould,
Tease not our ghosts with slander, pause not there
And who are these that dive for copper coins?
But pass in silence the mute grave of two
No longer we, my love, no longer we—
Of croaking lads, dip oar into the sea,—
Who lived and died believing love was true.
And all our arrogant laughter and sweet lust
When we that wore the myrtle wear the dust,
To say that love is false and soon grows cold,
Then let the fortunate breathers of the air,
And years of darkness cover up our eyes,
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