I was, being human, born alone;
I am, being woman, hard beset;
I live by squeezing from a stone
The little nourishment I get.


Let No Charitable Hope, in Collected Poems [1932]

Elinor Wylie Quotes

I was, being human, born alone; I am, being woman, hard beset; I live by squeezing from a stone The little nourishment I get.

I was, being human, born alone; I am, being woman, hard beset; I live by squeezing from a stone The little nourishment I get.

I was, being human, born alone; I am, being woman, hard beset; I live by squeezing from a stone The little nourishment I get.

I was, being human, born alone; I am, being woman, hard beset; I live by squeezing from a stone The little nourishment I get.