--- title: "13 Littles Quotes By Edna St. Vincent Millay" description: "13 Littles quotes by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Plus more from Edna St. Vincent Millay and more Littles sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_inspirational_i-only-know-that-summer-sang-in-me-a-lit_1160497.jpg" --- > [I only know that summer sang in me A little while, that in me sings no more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/i-only-know-that-summer-sang-in-me-a-little-while-that-in-me-sings-no/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_inspirational_i-only-know-that-summer-sang-in-me-a-lit_1160497.jpg) > [The heart grows weary after a little Of what it loved for a little while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/the-heart-grows-weary-after-a-little-of-what-it-loved-for-a-little/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_constancy_the-heart-grows-weary-after-a-little-of_364440.jpg) > [Father, I beg of Thee a little task To dignify my days, 'tis all I ask.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/father-i-beg-of-thee-a-little-task-to-dignify-my-days-tis-all-i-ask/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2af/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_asks_father-i-beg-of-thee-a-little-task-to-di_1154359.jpg) > [I had a little sorrow, Born of a little sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/i-had-a-little-sorrow-born-of-a-little-sin/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_birth_i-had-a-little-sorrow-born-of-a-little-s_2457284.jpg) > [It's little I know what's in my heart,What's in my mind it's little I know,But there's that in me must up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/it-s-little-i-know-what-s-in-my-heart-what-s-in-my-mind-it-s-little-i/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_care_it-s-little-i-know-what-s-in-my-heart-wh_349872.jpg) > [This book, when I am dead, will be A little faint perfume of me. People who knew me well will say, She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/this-book-when-i-am-dead-will-be-a-little-faint-perfume-of-me-people/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_book_this-book-when-i-am-dead-will-be-a-littl_700588.jpg) > [I will come back to you, I swear I will; And you will know me still. I shall be only a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/i-will-come-back-to-you-i-swear-i-will-and-you-will-know-me-still-i/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_come_i-will-come-back-to-you-i-swear-i-will-a_729919.jpg) > [“ Ebb I know what my heart is like Since your love died: It is like a hollow ledge Holding a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/ebb-i-know-what-my-heart-is-like-since-your-love-died-it-is-like-a/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_heart_ebb-i-know-what-my-heart-is-like-since-y_1712966.jpg) > [Stranger, pause and look; From the dust of ages Lift this little book, Turn the tattered pages, Read me, do not let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/stranger-pause-and-look-from-the-dust-of-ages-lift-this-little-book/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_age_stranger-pause-and-look-from-the-dust-of_3135324.jpg) > [Listen, children: Your father is dead. From his old coats I'll make you little jackets; I'll make you little trousers From his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/listen-children-your-father-is-dead-from-his-old-coats-i-ll-make-you/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_breakfast_listen-children-your-father-is-dead-from_1450238.jpg) > [I shall forget you presently, my dear, So make the most of this, your little day, Your little month, your little half…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/i-shall-forget-you-presently-my-dear-so-make-the-most-of-this-your/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_break_i-shall-forget-you-presently-my-dear-so_1045515.jpg) > [What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why, I have forgotten, and what arms have lain Under my head till…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/what-lips-my-lips-have-kissed-and-where-and-why-i-have-forgotten-and/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_arms_what-lips-my-lips-have-kissed-and-where_722341.jpg) > [Spring TO what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with the redness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/spring-to-what-purpose-april-do-you-return-again-beauty-is-not-enough/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/edna-st-vincent-millay-1291_april_spring-to-what-purpose-april-do-you-retu_3028306.jpg) ## Other authors on Littles ## More by Edna St. Vincent Millay > [Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/into-the-darkness-they-go-the-wise-and-the-lovely/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [There are a hundred places where I fear To go, --so with his memory they brim! And entering with relief some quiet place Where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/there-are-a-hundred-places-where-i-fear-to-go-so-with-his-memory-they/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [The first rose on my rose-tree Budded, bloomed, and shattered, During sad days when to me Nothing mattered. Grief or grief has drained me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/the-first-rose-on-my-rose-tree-budded-bloomed-and-shattered-during/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [A Poem from Edna St. Vincent Millay: Grown-up Was it for this I uttered prayers, And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs, That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/a-poem-from-edna-st-vincent-millay-grown-up-was-it-for-this-i-uttered/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [She is happy where she lies With the dust upon her eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/she-is-happy-where-she-lies-with-the-dust-upon-her-eyes/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [And reaching up my hand to try, I screamed to feel it touch the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/and-reaching-up-my-hand-to-try-i-screamed-to-feel-it-touch-the-sky/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [“And you as well must die, beloved dust, And all your beauty stand you in no stead; This flawless, vital hand, this perfect head,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/and-you-as-well-must-die-beloved-dust-and-all-your-beauty-stand-you/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [Oh, children, growing up to be Adventurers into sophistry, Forbear, forbear to be of those That read the rood to learn the rose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/oh-children-growing-up-to-be-adventurers-into-sophistry-forbear/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [After the feet of beauty fly my own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/after-the-feet-of-beauty-fly-my-own/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [Some of us have been thinking and talking too long without doing anything. Poems are perfect; picketing, sometimes, is better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/some-of-us-have-been-thinking-and-talking-too-long-without-doing/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [“But, sure, the sky is big, I said; Miles and miles above my head; So here upon my back I'll lie And look my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/but-sure-the-sky-is-big-i-said-miles-and-miles-above-my-head-so-here/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [pity me that the heart is slow to learn what the swift mind beholds at every turn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/pity-me-that-the-heart-is-slow-to-learn-what-the-swift-mind-beholds/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [Youth, have no pity; leave no farthing here For age to invest in compromise and fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/youth-have-no-pity-leave-no-farthing-here-for-age-to-invest-in/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [My god is all gods in one. When I see a beautiful sunset, I worship the god of Nature; when I see a hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/my-god-is-all-gods-in-one-when-i-see-a-beautiful-sunset-i-worship-the/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) > [“Tea was sucha comfort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-st-vincent-millay/tea-was-sucha-comfort/) [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/littles/edna-st-vincent-millay/#itemlist", "name": "13 Littles Quotes By Edna St. Vincent Millay", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I only know that summer sang in me A little while, that in me sings no more.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edna St. Vincent Millay" }, "url": 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