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Born in September 7, 1885 / Died in December 16, 1928 / United States / English

Poems by Elinor Wylie

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A Crowded Trolley-Car

... The rain's cold grains are silver-gray ...

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A Proud Lady

... You have taken the arrows and slings ...

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Atavism

... Like a polished shell between black spruce and pines, ...

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August

... Plucked from some hemlock-darkened northern stream ...

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Beauty

... But love her not too much, too much, ...

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Bells in the Rain

... The bright drops ring like bells of glass ...

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Blood Feud

... At the last His enemies found him by a forest spring, ...

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Cold-Blooded Creatures

... That he alone is sentientOf the intolerable load ...

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Curious Circumstance

... And the girl of the witch-- ...

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Death and the Maiden

... Fair youth with the rose at your lips, ...

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Escape

... And the last white antelope is killed, ...

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Fire and Sleet and Candlelight

... Your soul's in tatters ...

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Incantation

... A white hand Waved from dark walls ...

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Les Lauriers Sont Coupée

... Thornless and scentless are their stems and flowers, ...

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Little Joke

... From perfect sweetness can distillFrom bitterness in efflorescence, ...