Death devours all lovely things;
Lesbia with her sparrow
Shares the darkness—presently
Every bed is narrow.


'Passer Mortuus Est' (1921)

Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes

Death devours all lovely things; Lesbia with her sparrow Shares the darkness—presently Every bed is narrow.

Death devours all lovely things; Lesbia with her sparrow Shares the darkness—presently Every bed is narrow.

Death devours all lovely things; Lesbia with her sparrow Shares the darkness—presently Every bed is narrow.

Death devours all lovely things; Lesbia with her sparrow Shares the darkness—presently Every bed is narrow.