Heart Quote by Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Ebb I know what my heart is like Since your love died: It is like a hollow ledge Holding a little pool Left there by the tide, A little tepid pool, Drying inward from the edge.” quote by Edna St. Vincent Millay — Download Open image

““ Ebb I know what my heart is like Since your love died: It is like a hollow ledge Holding a little pool Left there by the tide, A little tepid pool, Drying inward from the edge.””

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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